Learning from beautiful monsters: phylogenetic and morphogenetic implications of left-right asymmetry in ammonoid shells

Learning from beautiful monsters: phylogenetic and morphogenetic implications of left-right asymmetry in ammonoid shells

Abstract Background Many pathologies that modify the shell geometry and ornamentation of ammonoids are known from the fossil record. Since they may reflect the developmental response of the organism to a perturbation (usually a sublethal injury), their study is essential for exploring the developmen...

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Main Authors: Romain Jattiot, Emmanuel Fara, Arnaud Brayard, Séverine Urdy, Nicolas Goudemand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Ammonoid shell
Left-right asymmetry
Pathology
Development
Phylogeny
Morphogenesis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-019-1538-5

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