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New Developmental Evidence Clarifies the Evolution of Wrist Bones in the Dinosaur–Bird Transition

From early dinosaurs with as many as nine wrist bones, modern birds evolved to develop only four ossifications. Their identity is uncertain, with different labels used in palaeontology and developmental biology. We examined embryos of several species and studied chicken embryos in detail through a n...

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Autores principales: Botelho, João Francisco, Ossa-Fuentes, Luis, Soto-Acuña, Sergio, Smith-Paredes, Daniel, Nuñez-León, Daniel, Salinas-Saavedra, Miguel, Ruiz-Flores, Macarena, Vargas, Alexander O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4181957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25268520
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001957