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Evolutionary loss of foot muscle during development with characteristics of atrophy and no evidence of cell death

Many species that run or leap across sparsely vegetated habitats, including horses and deer, evolved the severe reduction or complete loss of foot muscles as skeletal elements elongated and digits were lost, and yet the developmental mechanisms remain unknown. Here, we report the natural loss of foo...

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Autores principales: Tran, Mai P, Tsutsumi, Rio, Erberich, Joel M, Chen, Kevin D, Flores, Michelle D, Cooper, Kimberly L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6855805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31612857
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.50645