1, 2, 3: counting the fingers on a chicken wing.
RNA-seq transcriptomics of digit primordia in the developing chick wing and leg has clarified a long-standing dispute between paleontologists and embryologists about evolutionary homology.
Division of Developmental Biology, MRC National Institute of Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK.
Martin D
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Carkett
Malcolm P O
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Logan
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D019521:Body Patterning; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002645:Chickens / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005121:Extremities / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000196:embryology; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D008957:Models, Genetic; D059467:Transcriptome; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000033:anatomy & histology*