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

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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
    Present addresses: Redpath Museum, McGill University, 859 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6, Canada and Department of Biology, McGill University, Stewart Biology Building, 1205 Docteur Penfield Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1, Canada (D.A.F.); Naturalis Biodiversity Center, PO Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands (E.M.D.); Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Adrian Building, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK (M.C.G.-N.).)

  • 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
    Present addresses: Redpath Museum, McGill University, 859 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6, Canada and Department of Biology, McGill University, Stewart Biology Building, 1205 Docteur Penfield Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1, Canada (D.A.F.); Naturalis Biodiversity Center, PO Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands (E.M.D.); Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Adrian Building, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK (M.C.G.-N.).)

  • M. Carmen Garrido Navas

    (Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylvius Laboratory, Sylviusweg 72, 2333BE Leiden, the Netherlands
    Present addresses: Redpath Museum, McGill University, 859 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6, Canada and Department of Biology, McGill University, Stewart Biology Building, 1205 Docteur Penfield Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1, Canada (D.A.F.); Naturalis Biodiversity Center, PO Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands (E.M.D.); Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Adrian Building, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK (M.C.G.-N.).)

  • 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)

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.

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  • 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 & Michael K. Richardson, 2013. "Digit loss in archosaur evolution and the interplay between selection and constraints," Nature, Nature, vol. 500(7463), pages 445-448, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:500:y:2013:i:7463:d:10.1038_nature12336
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12336
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