Thumbs down: A molecular-morphogenetic approach to avian digit homology

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 322, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-12

  Čapek, Daniel ^a,b   Metscher, Brian D ^a   Müller, Gerd B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; DINOSAURIA; TETRAPODA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; MORPHOGENESIS; PALEONTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; DINOSAURS; EXTREMITIES; FORELIMB; FOSSILS; MORPHOGENESIS; PALEONTOLOGY; WING;

EID: 84889655483     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22545     Document Type: Article

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