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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Main Authors: Eames B Frank, Amores Angel, Yan Yi-Lin, Postlethwait John H
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-03-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/12/27