New, puzzling insights from comparative myological studies on the old and unsolved forelimb/hindlimb enigma

An antiarch placoderm shows that pelvic girdles arose at the root of jawed vertebrates

(2012) M. Zhu et al.   Biology Letters

Cellular and molecular investigations into the development of the pectoral girdle

(2011) Petr Valasek et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

“Soft” tissue patterning: Muscles and tendons of the limb take their form

(2011) Peleg Hasson   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Evolution of vertebrate appendicular structures: Insight from genetic and palaeontological data

(2011) Amir Ali Abbasi   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Regulation of limb bud initiation and limb-type morphology

(2011) Veronique Duboc et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

MONOTREME OSSIFICATION SEQUENCES AND THE RIDDLE OF MAMMALIAN SKELETAL DEVELOPMENT

(2011) Vera Weisbecker   EVOLUTION

Soft-tissue anatomy of the primates: phylogenetic analyses based on the muscles of the head, neck, pectoral region and upper limb, with notes on the evolution of these muscles

(2011) R. Diogo et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Axial Hox9 activity establishes the posterior field in the developing forelimb

(2011) B. Xu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Development and Evolution of the Muscles of the Pelvic Fin

(2011) Nicholas J. Cole et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Comparative anatomy, homologies and evolution of the pectoral and forelimb musculature of tetrapods with special attention to extant limbed amphibians and reptiles

(2010) Virginia Abdala et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Bare Bones Pattern Formation: A Core Regulatory Network in Varying Geometries Reproduces Major Features of Vertebrate Limb Development and Evolution

(2010) Jianfeng Zhu et al.   PLoS One

From fish to modern humans - comparative anatomy, homologies and evolution of the pectoral and forelimb musculature

(2009) R. Diogo et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

On the origin, homologies and evolution of primate facial muscles, with a particular focus on hominoids and a suggested unifying nomenclature for the facial muscles of the Mammalia

(2009) R. Diogo et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Shared developmental mechanisms pattern the vertebrate gill arch and paired fin skeletons

(2009) J. A. Gillis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2009) H. Nagashima et al.   SCIENCE

From fish to modern humans - comparative anatomy, homologies and evolution of the head and neck musculature

(2008) R. Diogo et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY