The evolution of HoxD-11 expression in the bird wing: insights from Alligator mississippiensis.
BACKGROUND:Comparative morphology identifies the digits of the wing of birds as 1,2 and 3, but they develop at embryological positions that become digits 2, 3 and 4 in other amniotes. A hypothesis to explain this is that a homeotic frame shift of digital identity occurred in the evolution of the bir...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2008-10-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2553264?pdf=render |