Comparative development of limb musculature in phylogenetically and ecologically divergent lizards.

Raul E DiazElizabeth A Taylor-DiazPaul A Trainor Rui DiogoJulia L Molnar

Published in: Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists (2021)

The chameleon autopod provides an example of major evolutionary modifications to the skeleton with only minor disruption of the conserved order and pattern of limb muscle development. This robustness of muscle patterning facilitates the evolution of extreme yet functional phenotypes.

Keyphrases

skeletal muscle
climate change
transcription factor
gene expression