Development and evolution of the muscles of the pelvic fin.

Locomotor strategies in terrestrial tetrapods have evolved from the utilisation of sinusoidal contractions of axial musculature, evident in ancestral fish species, to the reliance on powerful and complex limb muscles to provide propulsive force. Within tetrapods, a hindlimb-dominant locomotor strate...

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Main Authors: Nicholas J Cole, Thomas E Hall, Emily K Don, Silke Berger, Catherine A Boisvert, Christine Neyt, Rolf Ericsson, Jean Joss, David B Gurevich, Peter D Currie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-10-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1001168&type=printable
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