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Fossils, genes, and the origin of organs
Author(s) -
Shubin Neil H
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.27.1_supplement.74.1
Subject(s) - appendage , novelty , evolutionary biology , biology , anatomy , tetrapod (structure) , developmental genetics , limb development , gene , paleontology , psychology , genetics , regulation of gene expression , social psychology
Comparative anatomy, fossils, and genetic analyses form complementary approaches in understanding the origin of anatomical novelties. One such novelty, the tetrapod limb, has long been an area of inquiry by paleontologists, anatomists and developmental biologists. Each of these datasets enable us to peer inside the structure and regulatory genome of fins to find antecedents of limb structure and developmental mechanisms in the appendages of basal vertebrates.