The evolution of fins to limbs in the land invasion race




Why did animals with limbs win the race to invade land over those with fins? A new study comparing the forces acting on fins of mudskipper fish and on the forelimbs of tiger salamanders can now be used to analyze early fossils that spanned the water-to-land transition in tetrapod evolution, and further understand their capability to move on land.

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Sábado, 6 de Julio 2013
Jueves, 1 de Enero 1970
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