Evolution of the snake body form reveals homoplasy in amniote Hox gene function

Nature

Volumn 520, Issue 7545, 2015, Pages 86-89

  Head, Jason J ^a   Polly, P David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLOACA; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; LIMB; LIZARD; PHYLOGENY; SACRUM; SNAKE; SPINE;

ANIMALS; CLOACA; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EXTREMITIES; FOSSILS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; LIZARDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SACRUM; SNAKES; SPINE;

EID: 84928694595     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature14042     Document Type: Article

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