Development of the Hearts of Lizards and Snakes and Perspectives to Cardiac Evolution

Birds and mammals both developed high performance hearts from a heart that must have been reptile-like and the hearts of extant reptiles have an unmatched variability in design. Yet, studies on cardiac development in reptiles are largely old and further studies are much needed as reptiles are starti...

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Main Authors: Jensen, Bjarke, van den Berg, Gert, van den Doel, Rick, Oostra, Roelof-Jan, Wang, Tobias, Moorman, Antoon F. M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3673951/