Primitive versus derived traits in the d
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Shigeru Kuratani; Kinya G. Ota
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Article
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2008
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Evolution can be viewed as a series of changes in the developmental program along the phylogenetic tree. To better understand the early evolution of the vertebrate skull, we can use the embryos of the cyclostome species as models. By comparing the cyclostome developmental patterns with