Developmental basis of limb homology in Pleurodiran turtles, and the identity of the hooked element in the chelonian tarsus

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 845-866

  Fabrezi, Marissa ^a   Manzano, Adriana ^b   Abdala, Virginia ^c   Zaher, Hussam ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^b Matteri y España   (Argentina)

^c FUNDACIÓN MIGUEL LILLO   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carpus; Chondrogenesis; Hooked fifth metatarsale; Morphogenesis; Ossification; Side necked turtles; Tarsus

Indexed keywords

PHRYNOPS HILARII; PLEURODIRA; PODOCNEMIS; PODOCNEMIS SEXTUBERCULATA; PODOCNEMIS UNIFILIS; TESTUDINES; TETRAPODA;

EID: 63449101108     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00474.x     Document Type: Article

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