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Embryonic remnants of intercentra and cervical ribs in turtles

A broad sample of extant turtles possesses a series of paired bones in the neck that are situated between the cervical vertebrae. These paired bones were originally proposed to be cervical rib remnants, but have more recently been interpreted as vestiges of intercentra. Here, we document, for the fi...

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Autores principales: Werneburg, Ingmar, Maier, Wolfgang, Joyce, Walter G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Company of Biologists 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3828756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24244846
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.20135439