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dc.contributor.authorCole, N.
dc.contributor.authorHall, T.
dc.contributor.authorDon, E.
dc.contributor.authorBerger, S.
dc.contributor.authorBoisvert, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorNeyt, C.
dc.contributor.authorEricsson, R.
dc.contributor.authorJoss, J.
dc.contributor.authorGurevich, D.
dc.contributor.authorCurrie, P.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:14:20Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:14:20Z
dc.date.created2017-01-23T19:30:25Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationCole, N. and Hall, T. and Don, E. and Berger, S. and Boisvert, C. and Neyt, C. and Ericsson, R. et al. 2011. Development and evolution of the muscles of the pelvic fin. PLoS Biology. 9 (10).
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9688
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pbio.1001168
dc.description.abstract

Locomotor strategies in terrestrial tetrapods have evolved from the utilisation of sinusoidal contractions of axial musculature, evident in ancestral fish species, to the reliance on powerful and complex limb muscles to provide propulsive force. Within tetrapods, a hindlimb-dominant locomotor strategy predominates, and its evolution is considered critical for the evident success of the tetrapod transition onto land. Here, we determine the developmental mechanisms of pelvic fin muscle formation in living fish species at critical points within the vertebrate phylogeny and reveal a stepwise modification from a primitive to a more derived mode of pelvic fin muscle formation. A distinct process generates pelvic fin muscle in bony fishes that incorporates both primitive and derived characteristics of vertebrate appendicular muscle formation. We propose that the adoption of the fully derived mode of hindlimb muscle formation from this bimodal character state is an evolutionary innovation that was critical to the success of the tetrapod transition.

dc.publisherPublic Library of Science
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleDevelopment and evolution of the muscles of the pelvic fin
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume9
dcterms.source.number10
dcterms.source.issn1544-9173
dcterms.source.titlePLoS Biology
curtin.departmentDepartment of Environment and Agriculture
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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