Limb development in the gekkonid lizard gonatodes albogularis: A reconsideration of homology in the lizard carpus and tarsus

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 271, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1328-1341

  Leal, Francisca ^a   Tarazona, Oscar A ^a,b   Ramírez Pinilla, Martha Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpus; Gonatodes albogularis; Homology; Limb development; Squamata; Tarsus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARPAL BONE; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; LIZARD; MORPHOGENESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TARSAL BONE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARPAL BONES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EXTREMITIES; LIZARDS; MORPHOGENESIS; OSTEOGENESIS; TARSAL BONES;

EID: 79952201497     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10875     Document Type: Article

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