Homology of the fifth epibranchial and accessory elements of the ceratobranchials among gnathostomes: insights from the development of ostariophysans.

Epibranchials are among the main dorsal elements of the gill basket in jawed vertebrates (Gnathostomata). Among extant fishes, chondrichthyans most resemble the putative ancestral condition as all branchial arches possess every serially homologous piece. In osteichthyans, a primitive rod-like epibra...

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Main Authors: Murilo Carvalho, Flávio Alicino Bockmann, Marcelo Rodrigues de Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3630151?pdf=render