Heterochrony in limb evolution: Developmental mechanisms and natural selection

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 312, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 639-664

  Richardson, Michael K ^a   Gobes, Sharon M H ^a,b   van Leeuwen, Anne C ^a   Polman, Japke A E ^a   Pieau, Claude ^c   Sánchez villagra, Marcelo R ^d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; LIMB; LIMB BUD; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION; EXTREMITIES; LIMB BUDS; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VERTEBRATES;

EMYS ORBICULARIS; METATHERIA; ROUSETTUS AMPLEXICAUDATUS; TELEOSTEI; TESTUDINES; TETRAPODA;

EID: 69249214111     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21250     Document Type: Article

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