Evolution of Vertebrate Cartilage Development

Major advances in the molecular genetics, paleobiology, and the evolutionary developmental biology of vertebrate skeletogenesis have improved our understanding of the early evolution and development of the vertebrate skeleton. Current Topics in Developmental Biology, Volume 86 # 2009 Elsevier Inc. ISSN 0070-2153, DOI: 10.1016/S0070-2153(09)01002-3 All rights reserved. * Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Cancer/Genetics Research Complex, Gainesville, Florida, USA { Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA { Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Florida, Cancer/Genetics Research Complex, Gainesville, Florida, USA # Current address: The David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, MIT, Cambridge,