Vestiges, rudiments and fusion events: The zebrafish caudal fin endoskeleton in an evo-devo perspective

Evolution and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 116-127

  Bensimon Brito, Anabela ^a,b   Cancela, Maria Leonor ^a   Huysseune, Ann ^b   Witten, Paul Eckhard ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c SKRETTING AQUACULTURE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SKELETON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FIN (ORGAN); GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84858079912     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2011.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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