Tetrapod-like axial regionalization in an early ray-finned fish

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1741, 2012, Pages 3264-3271

  Sallan, Lauren Cole ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology   (United States)

^c Michigan Society of Fellows   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial patterning; Biomechanics; Evolutionary development; Neck; Sacrum; Terrestriality

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; LIFESTYLE; MISSISSIPPIAN; MORPHOLOGY; REGIONALIZATION; SWIMMING; TELEOST; WALKING;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTINOPTERYGII; GNATHOSTOMATA (VERTEBRATE); PISCES; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84863864289     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0784     Document Type: Article

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