Homeosis in a scorpion supports a telopodal origin of pectines and components of the book lungs

Homeosis in a scorpion supports a telopodal origin of pectines and components of the book lungs

Abstract Background The morphological and functional evolution of appendages has played a key role in the diversification of arthropods. While the ancestral arthropod appendage is held to be polyramous, terrestriality is associated with the reduction or loss of appendage rami, which may obscure the...

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Main Authors: Zhiyong Di, Gregory D. Edgecombe, Prashant P. Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Abdominal appendages
Ancestral gill
Arthropoda
Book lungs
Homeosis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1188-z

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