Multiple embryonic sources converge to form the pectoral girdle skeleton in zebrafish

Shunya Kuroda (), Robert L. Lalonde, Thomas A. Mansour, Christian Mosimann and Tetsuya Nakamura ()
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Shunya Kuroda: Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
Robert L. Lalonde: Anschutz Medical Campus
Thomas A. Mansour: Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
Christian Mosimann: Anschutz Medical Campus
Tetsuya Nakamura: Rutgers the State University of New Jersey

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: Abstract The morphological transformation of the pectoral/shoulder girdle is fundamental to the water-to-land transition in vertebrate evolution. Although previous studies have resolved the embryonic origins of tetrapod shoulder girdles, those of fish pectoral girdles remain uncharacterized, creating a gap in the understanding of girdle transformation mechanisms from fish to tetrapods. Here, we identify the embryonic origins of the zebrafish pectoral girdle, including the cleithrum as an ancestral girdle element lost in extant tetrapods. Our combinatorial approach of photoconversion and genetic lineage tracing demonstrates that cleithrum development combines four adjoining embryonic populations. A comparison of these pectoral girdle progenitors with extinct and extant vertebrates highlights that cleithrum loss, indispensable for neck evolution, is associated with the disappearance of its unique developmental environment at the head/trunk interface. Overall, our study establishes an embryological framework for pectoral/shoulder girdle formation and provides evolutionary trajectories from their origin in water to diversification on land.

Date: 2024
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