The Synarcual of the Little Skate, Leucoraja erinacea: Novel Development Among the Vertebrates

Evolutionary variation in anteroposterior patterning of the axial skeleton is a major contributor to the evolution of the vertebrate body plan, with five canonical vertebral types in tetrapods (cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, caudal). However, less is known about the evolutionary origin and vari...

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Main Authors: Zerina Johanson, Kyle Martin, Gareth Fraser, Katherine James
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2019.00012/full