On the evolutionary relationship between chondrocytes and osteoblasts

Vertebrates are the only animals that produce bone, but the molecular genetic basis for this evolutionary novelty remains obscure. Here, we synthesize information from traditional evolutionary and modern molecular genetic studies in order to generate a working hypothesis on the evolution of the gene...

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Main Authors: Patsy eGomez-Picos, B Frank eEames
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2015.00297/full