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Secondary Cartilage Revealed in a Non-Avian Dinosaur Embryo
The skull and jaws of extant birds possess secondary cartilage, a tissue that arises after bone formation during embryonic development at articulations, ligamentous and muscular insertions. Using histological analysis, we discovered secondary cartilage in a non-avian dinosaur embryo, Hypacrosaurus s...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3572077/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23418610 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056937 |