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Integration, heterochrony, and adaptation in pedal digits of syndactylous marsupials

BACKGROUND: Marsupial syndactyly is a curious morphology of the foot found in all species of diprotodontian and peramelemorph marsupials. It is traditionally defined as a condition in which digits II and III of the foot are bound by skin and are reduced. Past treatments of marsupial syndactyly have...

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Autores principales: Weisbecker, Vera, Nilsson, Maria
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2430710/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18501017
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-8-160