Sentences with phrase «other tetrapods»

Among other tetrapods, several reptilian orders also became extinct, including the protosaurs, nothosaurs, and placodonts.

Furthermore, they found that the catshark genome lacked a sequence found in mice and other tetrapods, which is responsible for preventing Gli3 expression in the posterior part of tetrapod limb buds.

Because these genes have the same function in zebrafish, humans, and other tetrapods, it should help researchers further understand how our ancestors left the water and evolved limbs from fins.

«On the other hand,» explains Clauss, «the discovery reveals that there's a fundamental difference in morphological principles between mammals and other tetrapods.»

Not exact matches

Because skates are an evolutionarily ancient animal, that means the neurons essential for walking originated in species that separated from other four - legged vertebrates, or tetrapods, about 420 million years ago.

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have discovered that the mass extinction seen in plant species caused by the onset of a drier climate 307 million years ago led to extinctions of some groups of tetrapods, the first vertebrates to live on land, but allowed others to expand across the globe.