No bones about it: An enigmatic Devonian fossil reveals a new skeletal framework-A potential role of loss of gene regulation

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 414-423

  Johanson, Zerina ^a   Kearsley, Anton ^a   den Blaauwen, Jan ^b   Newman, Michael ^c   Smith, Moya Meredith ^d,e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Llanstadwell House   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Dental Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Devonian; Endochondral bone; Osteichthyan; Palaeospondylus gunni

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE;

BONE MINERAL; BONE MINERALIZATION; DEVONIAN; FOSSIL; GENE CONTROL; MICROANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SKELETON;

PALAEOSPONDYLUS; PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77950593240     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2009.10.011     Document Type: Review

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