News Headline

Can a fin become a limb? Single mutations cause zebrafish fins to transform into complex limb-like structures

Source
Phys.org

Publication Date
2021-02-04

Fin-to-limb transition is an icon of key evolutionary transformations. Many studies focus on understanding the evolution of the simple fin into a complicated limb skeleton by examining the fossil record. In a paper published February 4 in Cell, researchers at Harvard and Boston Children's Hospital examined what's occurring at the genetic level to drive different patterns in the fin skeleton versus the limb skeleton.

Content
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-fin-limb-mutations-zebrafish-fins.html