Fossils, genes and the evolution of animal limbs

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6643, 1997, Pages 639-648

  Shubin, Nell ^a   Tabin, Cliff ^b   Carroll, Sean ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; APPENDAGE; ARTHROPOD; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EVOLUTION; INSECT; TETRAPOD;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENE EXPRESSION; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; EVOLUTION; EXTREMITIES; FOSSILS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030878664     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/41710     Document Type: Review

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