The Tetrapod Limb: A Hypothesis on Its Origin

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 291, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 226-240

  Wagner, Günter P ^a   Chiu, Chi Hua ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DANIO RERIO; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

HOMEOBOX PROTEIN HOXA13; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; EXTREMITIES; FOSSILS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0035889008     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1100     Document Type: Review

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