Fin modules: an evolutionary perspective on appendage disparity in basal vertebrates

Fin modules: an evolutionary perspective on appendage disparity in basal vertebrates

Abstract Background Fishes are extremely speciose and also highly disparate in their fin configurations, more specifically in the number of fins present as well as their structure, shape, and size. How they achieved this remarkable disparity is difficult to explain in the absence of any comprehensiv...

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Main Authors: Olivier Larouche, Miriam L. Zelditch, Richard Cloutier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BMC Biology
Subjects:
Fishes
Median fins
Paired fins
Morphological disparity
Phylogenetic supertree
Evolutionary modularity
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-017-0370-x

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