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Giant extinct caiman breaks constraint on the axial skeleton of extant crocodylians
The number of precaudal vertebrae in all extant crocodylians is remarkably conservative, with nine cervicals, 15 dorsals and two sacrals, a pattern present also in their closest extinct relatives. The consistent vertebral count indicates a tight control of axial patterning by Hox genes during develo...
Autores principales: | Scheyer, Torsten M, Hutchinson, John R, Strauss, Olivier, Delfino, Massimo, Carrillo-Briceño, Jorge D, Sánchez, Rodolfo, Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6917493/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31843051 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.49972 |
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