Transformation of the pectoral girdle in the evolutionary origin of frogs: Insights from the primitive anuran Discoglossus

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Havelková, Pavla ^a   Roček, Zbyněk ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anura; Development; Evolution; Heterochrony; Pectoral girdle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CLAVICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; EUROPE; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LOWER CRETACEOUS; METAMORPHOSIS; MIDDLE JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULA; SHOULDER GIRDLE; STERNUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CLAVICLE; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; SCAPULA; SHOULDER JOINT;

ANURA; DISCOGLOSSUS; DISCOGLOSSUS PICTUS; TEMNOSPONDYLI; TRIADOBATRACHUS;

EID: 33748139844     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00583.x     Document Type: Article

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