New Developmental Evidence Clarifies the Evolution of Wrist Bones in the Dinosaur–Bird Transition

PLoS Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Botelho, João Francisco ^a   Ossa Fuentes, Luis ^a   Soto Acuña, Sergio ^a   Smith Paredes, Daniel ^a   Nuñez León, Daniel ^a   Salinas Saavedra, Miguel ^a   Ruiz Flores, Macarena ^a   Vargas, Alexander O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 9;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BONES OF THE ARM AND HAND; CARPAL BONE; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGINOUS TISSUE; CHICKEN; DINOSAUR; EMBRYO; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FORELIMB; FOSSIL ANIMAL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMEDIUM; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PALEONTOLOGY; PISIFORM BONE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIALE; SESAMOID BONE; ULNARE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CHICK EMBRYO; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TENDON;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARPUS, ANIMAL; CARTILAGE; CHICK EMBRYO; COLLAGEN TYPE II; COLLAGEN TYPE IX; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; GENE EXPRESSION; PALEONTOLOGY; TENDONS; WING;

EID: 84920471568     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001957     Document Type: Article

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