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. 2016 Jan 14;164(1-2):9-10.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.12.052.

Standing Up for Sticklebacks

Olivier Pourquié  1
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Standing Up for Sticklebacks

Olivier Pourquié. Cell. .
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The morphology of the vertebrate skeleton exhibits tremendous plasticity in evolution, allowing adaptation to a wide variety of ecological niches and lifestyles. Indjeian et al. now uncover how the cis regulation of a gene controls skeletal variation in fish and might have contributed to the evolution of bipedalism in humans.

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