Evolutionary anticipation of the human heart.
We have studied the comparative anatomy of hearts from fish, frog, turtle, snake, crocodile, birds (duck, chicken, quail), mammals (elephant, dolphin, sheep, goat, ox, baboon, wallaby, mouse, rabbit, possum, echidna) and man. The findings were analysed with respect to the mechanism of evolution of the heart.
Victor
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Heart Institute, Chennai, India. heartin@vsnl.com
Nayak
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D000717:Anatomy, Comparative; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001717:Birds; D005399:Fishes; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D011817:Rabbits; D011898:Ranidae; D012104:Reptiles