The making of differences between fins and limbs

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 100-113

  Yano, Tohru ^a   Tamura, Koji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fin to limb evolution; Paired appendage development; Repression mode of apical fold

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FIN (ORGAN); FISH; LIMB; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TETRAPOD;

ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL;

TETRAPODA;

EID: 84871236572     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2012.01491.x     Document Type: Review

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