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BioEssays 9/2020
Author(s) -
Cordeiro Ingrid Rosenburg,
Tanaka Mikiko
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
bioessays
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.175
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1521-1878
pISSN - 0265-9247
DOI - 10.1002/bies.202070093
Subject(s) - biology , amphibian , cover (algebra) , programmed cell death , oxygen , evolutionary biology , zoology , ecology , genetics , chemistry , apoptosis , mechanical engineering , organic chemistry , engineering
Environmental oxygen might have been the key for the evolution of novel developmental mechanisms, such as the interdigital cell death of amniotes. Increased amount of oxygen can also induce cell death in interdigital regions of an amphibian that typically lacks it. To learn more about the role of environmental oxygen in the evolution of new traits, see the article number 2000025 by Ingrid Rosenburg Cordeiro and Mikiko Tanaka. Cover image by Itoko Tanaka and Mikiko Tanaka.