title: Evolution: two (very long) legs to stand on.
abstract: How do the legs of jerboas get so long? A comprehensive study of the Dipodidae family of two-legged rodents reveals many evolutionary refinements in toe numbers, bone structures and proportions. Clearly, this adorable emerging developmental model system has legs.
authors.affiliation: Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Spemannstr. 39, 72076 Tübingen, Germany. Electronic address: frank.chan@tue.mpg.de.
authors.forename: Yingguang Frank
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D007866:Leg; D012377:Rodentia