Evolutionary BiologyNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
CO-OPTION OF NECK MUSCLES SUPPORTED THE VERTEBRATE WATER-TO-LAND TRANSITION
Églantine Heude, Hugo Dutel, Frida Sánchez-Garrido…·Shahragim Tajbakhsh
This study reconstructs the mesodermal origins of neck muscles in vertebrates, showing that neck evolution arose from pre-existing muscle groups in fishes through developmental expansion.