Key genetic event underlying fin-to-limb evolution

18 August 2015

A study of catsharks reveals how alterations in the expression and function of certain genes in limb buds underlie the evolution of fish fins to limbs. The findings give new insight into how fish evolved to live on land in the form of early tetrapods.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150818102910.htm

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