Ancestral developmental potentials in early bony fish contributed to vertebrate water-to-land transition

The water-to-land transition was a major step in vertebrate evolution and eventually gave rise to the tetrapods, including amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. The first land invasion of our fish ancestors is considered to have occurred during the late Devonian period ~370 million years ago (My...

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Main Authors: Xu-Peng Bi, Guo-Jie Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Science Press, PR China 2021-03-01
Series:Zoological Research
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Online Access:http://www.zoores.ac.cn/EN/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.066