Insights into Digit Evolution from a Fate Map Study of the Forearm
Oh, J. D. H.; Saunders, D. D. Z.; McTeir, L.; Jackson, M.; Glover, J. D.; Schoenebeck, J. J.; Lettice, L. A.; Davey, M. G.
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The cellular and genetic networks which contribute to the development of the zeugopod, (radius and ulna of the forearm, tibia and fibula of the leg) are not well understood, although these bones are susceptible to loss in congenital human syndromes and to the action of teratogens such as thalidomide. Using a new fate mapping approach in transgenic chickens, we show that there is a small contribution of SHH expressing cells to the posterior ulna, posterior carpals and digit 3. We establish that while the majority of the ulna develops in response to paracrine SHH signaling in both the chicken and mouse, there are differences in the contribution of SHH expressing cells to other tissues of the zeugopod between these two species as well as between the chicken ulna and fibula. This is evidence that although zeugopod bones are clearly homologous according to the fossil record, the zeugopod bones of the wing and leg are formed by subtly different signalling and patterning events during embryonic development, which can be used to understand the shaping of the bird wing skeleton during the evolution of powered flight.
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