The anatomy and development of the claws of Xenopus laevis (Lissamphibia: Anura) reveal alternate pathways of structural evolution in the integument of tetrapods

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 607-619

  Maddin, Hillary C ^a   Eckhart, Leopold ^b   Jaeger, Karin ^b   Russell, Anthony P ^a   Ghannadan, Minoo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Claw; Epidermis; Evolution; Keratin

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; BEAK; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLADISTICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA DEGRADATION; EMBRYO; EPIDERMIS CELL; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; HOOF AND CLAW; INTEGUMENT; INTERDIGITATING CELL; KERATINOCYTE; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE; TOE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; EXTREMITIES; HOOF AND CLAW; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; KERATINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SALAMANDROIDEA; TETRAPODA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 65449183355     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01052.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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