Homeotic evolution in the mammalia: Diversification of therian axial seriation and the morphogenetic basis of human origins

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Filler, Aaron G ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPINE; ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TIME;

HOMINOIDEA; MAMMALIA; MOROTOPITHECUS; TETRAPODA; THERIA;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GENETIC SPECIATION; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAMMALS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42449139477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001019     Document Type: Article

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