ArticleDevelopment, growth & differentiation2016
Expansion of the neck reconstituted the shoulder-diaphragm in amniote evolution.
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- Evolutionary versatility of the avian neck.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021Article
- Connecting muscle development, birth defects, and evolution: An essential role for muscle connective tissue.Current topics in developmental biology · 2019Review
- Developmental origin and morphogenesis of the diaphragm, an essential mammalian muscle.Developmental biology · 2018Article
- Evolution of the muscular system in tetrapod limbs.Zoological letters · 2018Review
- Musculoskeletal networks reveal topological disparity in mammalian neck evolution.BMC evolutionary biology · 2017Article
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Abstract
The neck acquired flexibility through modifications of the head-trunk interface in vertebrate evolution. Although developmental programs for the neck musculoskeletal system have attracted the attention of evolutionary developmental biologists, how the heart, shoulder and surrounding tissues are modified during development has remained unclear. Here we show, through observation of the lateral plate mesoderm at cranial somite levels in chicken-quail chimeras, that the deep part of the lateral body wall is moved concomitant with the caudal transposition of the heart, resulting in the infolding of the expanded cervical lateral body wall into the thorax. Judging from the brachial plexus pattern, an equivalent infolding also appears to take place in mammalian and turtle embryos. In mammals, this infolding process is particularly important because it separates the diaphragm from the shoulder muscle mass. In turtles, the expansion of the cervical lateral body wall affects morphogenesis of the shoulder. Our findings highlight the cellular expansion in developing amniote necks that incidentally brought about the novel adaptive traits.
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