<p>Chapter 1. Comparative evolution and design in non-vertebrate cardiovascular systems <br>B.R. McMahon</p><p>Chapter 2. The teleost heart: A morphological approach<br>José M. Icardo</p><p>Chapter 3. Fish Heart Growth and Function: From Gross Morphology to Cell Signalling and Back<br>B. Tota and F. Garofalo</p><p>Chapter 4. A perspective on the evolution of the coronary circulation in fishes and the transition to terrestrial life<br>A.P. Farrell, N.D. Farrell, H. Jourdan and G. Cox</p><p>Chapter 5. The sarcoplasmatic reticulum in the vertebrate heart<br>Gina L J Galli and Holly A Shiels</p><p>Chapter 6. Evolution of the regulatory control of the vertebrate heart: the role of the contractile proteins<br>Todd E. Gillis</p><p>Chapter 7. Ontogenesis of myocardial function<br>David Sedmera, and Bohuslav Ostadal </p><p>Chapter 8. Basic Cardiac Development: The heart and its electrical components<br>L.Y.E. Wong, A.F. Moorman, and P. Barnett</p><p>Chapter 9. The Functional Significance of the Reptilian Heart: New Insights into an Old Question<br>James W. Hicks, and Tobias Wang</p>