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The endoskeletal origin of the turtle carapace
The turtle body plan, with its solid shell, deviates radically from those of other tetrapods. The dorsal part of the turtle shell, or the carapace, consists mainly of costal and neural bony plates, which are continuous with the underlying thoracic ribs and vertebrae, respectively. Because of their s...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Pub. Group
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3715867/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23836118 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3107 |