Publisher Summary This chapter discusses about the development of cartilage and bone.
The skeletons of vertebrates are remarkably similar. Centuries of studies of bone
morphology and the fact that bones are preserved as fossils has revealed that identical
bones form much of the skull, vertebrae, and appendicular skeleton in fish, amphibians,
reptiles, and mammals. Genetic studies in humans, mice, and zebrafish are now revealing
that these similarities reflect similar developmental mechanisms underlying skeletal …