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Mechanical constraints canalizing the evolutionary transformation of tetrapod limbs

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A reconstruction of the anagenetic transformations from fins to tetrapod limbs is represented considering the self-evident mechanical constraints which must have limited the construction and thus the function and the transformation.

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  1. Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, D-6000 Frankfurt am Main, 25, Senckenberg Anlage, Germany

    Dieter Stefan Peters

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Peters, D.S. Mechanical constraints canalizing the evolutionary transformation of tetrapod limbs. Acta Biotheor 34, 157–164 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00046781

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