Perspectives on the evolutionary origin of tetrapod limbs

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 288, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 287-303

  Capdevila, Javier ^a   Belmonte, Juan Carlos Izpisüa ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PALEONTOLOGY; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTREMITIES; PALEONTOLOGY; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034672335     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-010X(20001215)288:4<287::AID-JEZ2>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Review

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