Breaking evolutionary and pleiotropic constraints in mammals: On sloths, manatees and homeotic mutations
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Mammals as a rule have seven cervical vertebrae, except for sloths and manatees. Bateson proposed that the change in the number of cervical vertebrae in sloths is due to homeotic transformations. A recent hypothesis proposes that the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-05-01
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| Series: | EvoDevo |
| Online Access: | http://www.evodevojournal.com/content/2/1/11 |