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Gene expression and digit homology in the chicken embryo wing.
Evolution & development - 1 Jan 2000
Welten Monique C M, Verbeek Fons J, Meijer Annemarie H, Richardson Michael K
Abstract excerpt
The bird wing is of special interest to students of homology and avian evolution. Fossil and developmental data give conflicting indications of digit homology if a pentadactyl "archetype" is assumed. Morphological signs of a vestigial digit I are seen in bird embryos, but no digit-like structure develops in wild-type embryos. To examine the developmental mechanisms of digit loss, we studied the expression of the...
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