New, puzzling insights from comparative myological studies on the old and unsolved forelimb/hindlimb enigma

Biological Reviews

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 196-214

  Diogo, Rui ^a   Linde Medina, Marta ^b   Abdala, Virginia ^c   Ashley Ross, Miriam A ^d  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c FUNDACIÓN MIGUEL LILLO   (Argentina)

^d WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogy; Comparative anatomy; Development; Evolution; Limbs; Muscles; Pectoral; Pelvic; Serial homology; Tetrapods

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS; SALAMANDROIDEA; SQUAMATA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84871816584     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2012.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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