Homology of the enigmatic nuchal bone reveals novel reorganization of the shoulder girdle in the evolution of the turtle shell

Evolution and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 317-325

  Lyson, Tyler R ^a,f   Bhullar, Bhart Anjan S ^a,b   Bever, Gabe S ^a,c,d   Joyce, Walter G ^a,e   de Queiroz, Kevin ^f   Abzhanov, Arhat ^b   Gauthier, Jacques A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANCESTRY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BONE; EVOLUTION; HOMOLOGY; MIGRATION; MORPHOLOGY; SHELL; TETRAPOD; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL SHELL; ARTICLE; BONE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TURTLE;

ANIMAL SHELLS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BONE AND BONES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; TURTLES;

EID: 84884682981     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ede.12041     Document Type: Article

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