Expansion of the neck reconstituted the shoulder-diaphragm in amniote evolution

Evolution of Patterning Systems and Circuit Elements for Locomotion

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A new heart for a new head in vertebrate cardiopharyngeal evolution

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Muscle connective tissue controls development of the diaphragm and is a source of congenital diaphragmatic hernias

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Clonal analysis reveals a common origin between nonsomite-derived neck muscles and heart myocardium

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Evolution of the vertebrate skeleton: morphology, embryology, and development

(2015) Tatsuya Hirasawa et al.   Zoological Letters

Reconstruction of phrenic neuron identity in embryonic stem cell-derived motor neurons

(2014) C. B. Machado et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Evolutionarily conserved morphogenetic movements at the vertebrate head–trunk interface coordinate the transport and assembly of hypopharyngeal structures

(2014) Corinne Lours-Calet et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Molecular pathogenesis of congenital diaphragmatic hernia revealed by exome sequencing, developmental data, and bioinformatics

(2014) M. Longoni et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

GATA6 Is a Crucial Regulator of Shh in the Limb Bud

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A new scenario of the evolutionary derivation of the mammalian diaphragm from shoulder muscles

(2013) Tatsuya Hirasawa et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Origin of the unique morphology of the shoulder girdle in turtles

(2013) Hiroshi Nagashima et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

A Muscular Perspective on Vertebrate Evolution

(2013) S. Kuratani   SCIENCE

Fossil Musculature of the Most Primitive Jawed Vertebrates

(2013) K. Trinajstic et al.   SCIENCE

Hox genes regulate the onset of Tbx5 expression in the forelimb

(2012) C. Minguillon et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Molecular and evolutionary basis of limb field specification and limb initiation

(2012) Mikiko Tanaka   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Albertonectes vanderveldei, a new elasmosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta

(2012) Tai Kubo et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Bystrow’s Paradox - gills, fossils, and the fish-to-tetrapod transition

(2010) Rainer R. Schoch et al.   ACTA ZOOLOGICA

The occipital lateral plate mesoderm is a novel source for vertebrate neck musculature

(2010) S. Theis et al.   DEVELOPMENT

The evolutionary origin of the mammalian diaphragm

(2010) Steven F. Perry et al.   RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROBIOLOGY

Evolution of the Turtle Body Plan by the Folding and Creation of New Muscle Connections

(2009) H. Nagashima et al.   SCIENCE

Gene expression in the developing diaphragm: significance for congenital diaphragmatic hernia

(2008) Robin D. Clugston et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LUNG CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY