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Homeotic shift at the dawn of the turtle evolution

All derived turtles are characterized by one of the strongest reductions of the dorsal elements among Amniota, and have only 10 dorsal and eight cervical vertebrae. I demonstrate that the Late Triassic turtles, which represent successive stages of the shell evolution, indicate that the shift of the...

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Autor principal: Szczygielski, Tomasz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5414250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28484613
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160933