Evolutionary loss of foot muscle during development with characteristics of atrophy and no evidence of cell death
Mai P. Tran, Rio Tsutsumi, Joel M. Erberich, Kevin D. Chen, Michelle Flores, Kimberly L. Cooper
The paper investigates the developmental loss of foot muscles in jerboas, finding muscle atrophy without cell death, suggesting evolutionary remodeling through disease-like mechanisms.
eLife · Oct 14, 2019Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology