nkx3.2 mutant zebrafish accommodate jaw joint loss through a phenocopy of the head shapes of Paleozoic jawless fish
T. Miyashita, P. Baddam, J. Smeeton, A. P. Oel, N. Natarajan, B. Gordon, A. R. Palmer, G. Crump, D. Graf, W. T. Allison
This paper shows that nkx3.2 mutant zebrafish develop skull shapes similar to ancient jawless fish due to jaw joint loss, indicating functional constraints on skull morphology.
bioRxiv · Oct 18, 2019Evolutionary Biology