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Phenotypic integration of neurocranium and brain.
Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution - 15 Jul 2006
Richtsmeier Joan T, Aldridge Kristina, DeLeon Valerie B, Panchal Jayesh, Kane Alex A, Marsh Jeffrey L, Yan Peng, Cole Theodore M
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Evolutionary history of Mammalia provides strong evidence that the morphology of skull and brain change jointly in evolution. Formation and development of brain and skull co-occur and are dependent upon a series of morphogenetic and patterning processes driven by genes and their regulatory programs. Our current concept of skull and brain as separate tissues results in distinct analyses of these tissues by most...
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