Secondary ossification center induces and protects growth plate structure
M. Xie, P. Goldin, A. N. Herdina, J. Estefa, E. Medvedeva, L. Li, P. Newton, S. Kotova, B. Shavkuta, A. Saxena, L. Shumate, B. Metscher, K. Groschmidt, S. Nishimori, A. Akovantseva, , A. S. Chagin
This study identifies the secondary ossification center's role in protecting growth plate hypertrophic chondrocytes from mechanical stress during terrestrial adaptation.
bioRxiv · Sep 1, 2020Evolutionary Biology