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Identification Of Synechococcus Sp. Iu 625 Metallothionein Gene And Its Evolutionary Relationship To The Metallothionein Gene Of Other Cyanobacteria, Tin-Chun Chu, Lee Lee, John Gaynor, Quinn Vega, Bonnie Lustigman, Shankar Srinivasan
Identification Of Synechococcus Sp. Iu 625 Metallothionein Gene And Its Evolutionary Relationship To The Metallothionein Gene Of Other Cyanobacteria, Tin-Chun Chu, Lee Lee, John Gaynor, Quinn Vega, Bonnie Lustigman, Shankar Srinivasan
Tin-Chun Chu, Ph.D.
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Evolution, Jonathan Eisen
Cranial Ontogeny In Philautus Silus (Anura: Ranidae: Rhacophorinae) Reveals Few Similarities With Other Direct-Developing Anurans, Ryan Kerney, Madhava Meegaskumbura, Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi, James Hanken
Cranial Ontogeny In Philautus Silus (Anura: Ranidae: Rhacophorinae) Reveals Few Similarities With Other Direct-Developing Anurans, Ryan Kerney, Madhava Meegaskumbura, Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi, James Hanken
Ryan Kerney
Direct development has evolved in rhaco- phorine frogs independently from other anuran lineages, thereby offering an opportunity to assess features associ- ated with this derived life history. Using a developmen- tal series of the direct-developing Philautus silus (Ranidae: Rhacophorinae) from Sri Lanka, we examine features of cranial morphology that are part of a suite of adaptations that facilitate feeding in free-living tadpoles, but have been changed or lost in other direct-developing lineages. Larval-specific upper jaw cartilages, which are absent from many non-rhacophorine direct-developing species (such as Eleutherodactylus coqui), develop in embryos of P. silus. Similarly, lower jaw cartilages ini- tially …