Embryonic origin and serial homology of gill arches and paired fins in the skate, Leucoraja erinacea

The authors thank Dr. Richard Schneider, Prof. David Sherwood, and the MBL Embryology Course for provision of lab space, Louise Bertrand and Leica Microsystems for microscopy support, the staff of the Marine Resources Center at the MBL for assistance with animal husbandry and Dr. Kate Criswell, Jenaid Rees, Christine Hirschberger and Dr. Kate Rawlinson for helpful discussion. This project benefited from technical advice from Dr. Matt Wayland and use of the Imaging Facility, Department of Zoology, supported by a Sir Isaac Newton Trust Research Grant (18.07ii(c)). This research was supported by a Royal Society University Research Fellowship (UF130182) and grants from the Leverhulme Trust (RPG-2016–373) and the University of Cambridge Sir Isaac Newton Trust (14.23z) to JAG, and by a Junior Research Fellowship from Wolfson College, Cambridge and Whitman Early Career Fellowship from the Marine Biology Laboratory to VAS.Peer reviewedPublisher PD