Journal article
Fish with fingers?
Nature (London), v 391(6663), pp 133-133
08 Jan 1998
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Abstract
Fingers and toes were long thought to be novelties associated with the invasion of land by tetrapods. The recent identification of a variety of aquatic specializations in some early tetrapods has provoked a debate on whether digits arose in primarily terrestrial or aquatic animals,. We recently discovered a pectoral fin of a lobe-finned fish (Fig. 1a, b) that is remarkably similar to tetrapod limbs. This discovery reveals that major tetrapod novelties are also seen in the paddles of some closely related fish and therefore need not have arisen to meet the demands of a terrestrial existence.
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- Title
- Fish with fingers?
- Creators
- Edward B Daeschler - Drexel UniversityNeil Shubin - University of Pennsylvania
- Publication Details
- Nature (London), v 391(6663), pp 133-133
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science (BEES)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000071380900031
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0032495479
- Other Identifier
- 991019169702204721
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