Evolution of the osteoblast: skeletogenesis in gar and zebrafish
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although the vertebrate skeleton arose in the sea 500 million years ago, our understanding of the molecular fingerprints of chondrocytes and osteoblasts may be biased because it is informed mainly by research on land animals. In fact...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-03-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/12/27 |