Digit loss in archosaur evolution and the interplay between selection and constraints

Merijn A. G. de Bakker, Donald A. Fowler, Kelly den Oude, Esther M. Dondorp, M. Carmen Garrido Navas, Jaroslaw O. Horbanczuk, Jean-Yves Sire, Danuta Szczerbińska and Michael K. Richardson ()
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Merijn A. G. de Bakker: Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylvius Laboratory, Sylviusweg 72, 2333BE Leiden, the Netherlands
Donald A. Fowler: Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylvius Laboratory, Sylviusweg 72, 2333BE Leiden, the Netherlands
Kelly den Oude: Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylvius Laboratory, Sylviusweg 72, 2333BE Leiden, the Netherlands
Esther M. Dondorp: Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylvius Laboratory, Sylviusweg 72, 2333BE Leiden, the Netherlands
M. Carmen Garrido Navas: Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylvius Laboratory, Sylviusweg 72, 2333BE Leiden, the Netherlands
Jaroslaw O. Horbanczuk: Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding, Polish Academy of Sciences, 05-552 Jastrzębiec, Poland
Jean-Yves Sire: Evolution & Développement du squelette, UMR 7138, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 7 Quai Saint-Bernard, Bat A2, Case 5, 75005 Paris, France
Danuta Szczerbińska: Western Pomeranian University of Technology, 20 Judyma Street, 71-466 Szczecin, Poland
Michael K. Richardson: Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylvius Laboratory, Sylviusweg 72, 2333BE Leiden, the Netherlands

Nature, 2013, vol. 500, issue 7463, 445-448

Abstract: Research on the Nile crocodile and five birds shows that limb evolution is shaped by an interplay between natural selection and developmental constraints, the outcome varying between different digits, and between embryos and adults.

Date: 2013
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