Circumventing the polydactyly 'constraint': The mole's 'thumb'

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-77

  Mitgutsch, Christian ^a   Richardson, Michael K ^b   Jiménez, Rafael ^c   Martin, José E ^d   Kondrashov, Peter ^e   De Bakker, Merijn A G ^b   Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R ^a  

^a PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopodial development; Os falciforme; Talpidae

Indexed keywords

BONE; GENETIC MARKER; INSECTIVORE; SMALL MAMMAL;

CRYPTOTIS PARVA; INSECTIVORA; SORICIDAE; TALPA OCCIDENTALIS; TALPIDAE;

EID: 84863014600     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0494     Document Type: Article

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