Our knowledge of limb development has increased dramatically in the last decades. However, our understanding of how gene expression is translated into morphology remains very limited. Using a variety of experimental approaches, I attempted to uncover the mechanistic factors underlying variation of digit number in tetrapods during my dissertation research. Firstly, classical embryology experiments were used to better understand how anterior and posterior axes contribute to autopodial formation. These experiments have shown that from stage HH23 in the chick (Gallus gallus), both anterior and posterior axes contribute independently to skeletal elements in the manus, which opposes some models of the evolution of limb development. To complement ...
The evolution of tetrapod limbs from paired fins has long been of interest to both evolutionary and ...
In tetrapods the digit pattern has evolved to adapt to distinct locomotive strategies. The number o...
International audienceEvolution involves interplay between natural selection and developmental const...
The developing limbs of chicken embryos have served as pioneering models for understanding pattern f...
<p>The forelimb and hind limbs of representative taxa illustrate the history of digit morphology in ...
Segmentation of digits into individual bones, the so-called phalanges, connected to each other via s...
AbstractA combination of embryology and gene identification has led us to the current view of verteb...
The amniote limb begins as a bump on the side of the early embryo, and undergoes a well-studied proc...
AbstractThe tetrapod limb, which has served as a paradigm for the study of development and morpholog...
<p>A) Embryology: In pentadactyl amniotes like mammals and crocodilians, the primary axis of cartila...
AbstractThe species-specific morphology of digits in the tetrapod limb, including the length and num...
AbstractMuch of what we currently know about digit morphogenesis during limb development is deduced ...
In an influential model of pattern formation, a gradient of Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signalling in the c...
Limb position along the main body axis is highly consistent within one species but very variable amo...
Animals have evolved limb proportions adapted to different environments, but it is not yet clear to ...
The evolution of tetrapod limbs from paired fins has long been of interest to both evolutionary and ...
In tetrapods the digit pattern has evolved to adapt to distinct locomotive strategies. The number o...
International audienceEvolution involves interplay between natural selection and developmental const...
The developing limbs of chicken embryos have served as pioneering models for understanding pattern f...
<p>The forelimb and hind limbs of representative taxa illustrate the history of digit morphology in ...
Segmentation of digits into individual bones, the so-called phalanges, connected to each other via s...
AbstractA combination of embryology and gene identification has led us to the current view of verteb...
The amniote limb begins as a bump on the side of the early embryo, and undergoes a well-studied proc...
AbstractThe tetrapod limb, which has served as a paradigm for the study of development and morpholog...
<p>A) Embryology: In pentadactyl amniotes like mammals and crocodilians, the primary axis of cartila...
AbstractThe species-specific morphology of digits in the tetrapod limb, including the length and num...
AbstractMuch of what we currently know about digit morphogenesis during limb development is deduced ...
In an influential model of pattern formation, a gradient of Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signalling in the c...
Limb position along the main body axis is highly consistent within one species but very variable amo...
Animals have evolved limb proportions adapted to different environments, but it is not yet clear to ...
The evolution of tetrapod limbs from paired fins has long been of interest to both evolutionary and ...
In tetrapods the digit pattern has evolved to adapt to distinct locomotive strategies. The number o...
International audienceEvolution involves interplay between natural selection and developmental const...