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Identifying the homology of the short human pisiform and its lost ossification center

BACKGROUND: The pisiform and calcaneus are paralogous bones of the wrist and ankle and are the only carpal and tarsal, respectively, to develop from two ossification centers with an associated growth plate in mammals. Human pisiforms and calcanei have undergone drastic evolutionary changes since our...

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Autores principales: Kjosness, Kelsey M., Reno, Philip L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6876086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31788181
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13227-019-0145-2