The evolutionary and developmental basis of parallel reduction in mammalian zeugopod elements

American Naturalist

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-117

  Sears, Karen E ^a   Behringer, Richard R ^b   Rasweiler IV, John J ^c   Niswander, Lee A ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Evolution; Limb; Mammalia; Ontogeny; Rodentia

Indexed keywords

BAT; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; ONTOGENY; PARALLEL EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; RODENT; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; MOUSE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; EVOLUTION; EXTREMITIES; MICE;

CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33846253696     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510259     Document Type: Article

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