Why ontogenetic homology criteria can be misleading: lessons from digit identity transformations

Anterior shift in gene expression precedes anteriormost digit formation in amniote limbs

(2010) Asaka Uejima et al.   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Pentadactyl ground state of the manus of Alligator mississippiensis and insights into the evolution of digital reduction in Archosauria

(2010) Hans C.E. Larsson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

Same but different: ontogeny and evolution of the Musculus adductor mandibulae in the Tetraodontiformes

(2010) P. Konstantinidis et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

Frame-shifts of digit identity in bird evolution and Cyclopamine-treated wings

(2009) Alexander O. Vargas et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Evolution of digit identity in the three-toed Italian skinkChalcides chalcides: a new case of digit identity frame shift

(2009) Rebecca L. Young et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

A Jurassic ceratosaur from China helps clarify avian digital homologies

(2009) Xing Xu et al.   NATURE

Modeling Hox gene regulation in digits: reverse collinearity and the molecular origin of thumbness

(2008) T. Montavon et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

The Evolution of HoxD-11 Expression in the Bird Wing: Insights from Alligator mississippiensis

(2008) Alexander O. Vargas et al.   PLoS One

Unique SMAD1/5/8 activity at the phalanx-forming region determines digit identity

(2008) T. Suzuki et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Transfer of a large gene regulatory apparatus to a new developmental address in echinoid evolution

(2008) F. Gao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Patterns of correlation and covariation of anthropoid distal forelimb segments correspond to Hoxd expression territories

(2007) Philip L. Reno et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION