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Newly and substantially revised, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy: A Laboratory Dissection Guide, Third Edition, by Ken Kardong and Edward Zalisko, is now available. Almost half of the major labeled illustrations have been replaced with new art. These new figures appear throughout the dissection guide, but especially in the muscular, digestive, circulatory, respiratory and soft-tissue systems. At the end of this dissection guide, the authors added what we believe to be a novel, but effective supplement — a Student Art Notebook. In fact, this innovation was suggested by students who used the previous edition. This notebook is a reprinted collection of the most important and commonly used dissection figures in the current edition of the laboratory manual. It addresses a frustration inherent in most dissection guides, especially when comparing homologous systems between representative animals, of having to flip between text and distantly placed illustrations. This laboratory manual weaves the functional and evolutionary concepts from the textbook, Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Function, Evolution into the morphological details of the laboratory exercises. Using icons, the laboratory manual identifies cross references to the textbook, so students can quickly move from the dissection guide to the textbook to consult the expanded treatment of function and evolution. Each chapter of the dissection guide first introduces the system, makes comparisons, and demonstrates common themes in the animal systems. Then the written text carefully guides students through dissections, which are richly illustrated. Anatomical terms are boldfaced and concepts italicized. The dissection guide is written so that instructors have the flexibility to tailor-make the laboratory to suit their needs.

A website for Vertebrates, Third Edition is available at www.mhhe.com/zoology (click on this book's title to access it.) Besides links to related material, this website includes further literature references, and it also offers instructors printable pages of illustrations that may be used as transparency masters. The website also includes several functional labs, and will be updated regularly to post new information on vertebrate phylogenies, function, and evolution.

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