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CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT
Volume 45, Issue -, Pages 124-131Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2017.03.016
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- Academy of Finland
- NSF [IOS-145177]
- Millersville University and Swarthmore College Faculty Research Funds
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems [1457177] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Interest in the origin and evolution of the turtle shell has resulted in a most unlikely clade becoming an important research group for investigating morphological diversity in developmental biology. Many turtles generate a two-component shell that nearly surrounds the body in a bony exoskeleton. The ectoderm covering the shell produces epidermal scutes that form a phylogenetically stable pattern. In some lineages, the bones of the shell and their ectodermal covering become reduced or lost, and this is generally associated with different ecological habits. The similarity and diversity of turtles allows research into how changes in development create evolutionary novelty, interacting modules, and adaptive physiology and anatomy.
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