Evolutionary development of the middle ear in mesozoic therian mammals

Science

Volumn 326, Issue 5950, 2009, Pages 278-281

  Ji, Qiang ^a   Luo, Zhe Xi ^b   Zhang, Xingliao ^c   Yuan, Chong Xi ^a   Xu, Li ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^c Henan Geological Museum   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; GENE EXPRESSION; MAMMAL; MESOZOIC; PHYLOGENETICS; VERTEBRATE;

ARTICLE; CRETACEOUS; EAR CARTILAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; MAMMAL; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MANDIBLE; MESOZOIC; MIDDLE EAR; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE; CHONDROGENESIS; DENTITION; EAR OSSICLES; EAR, MIDDLE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MAMMALS; MANDIBLE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; OSTEOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA; THERIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349850957     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1178501     Document Type: Article

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