Lungs of the first amniotes: why simple if they can be complex?

Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 20140848 - 20140848
Published: Jan 1, 2015
Abstract
We show—in contrast to the traditional textbook contention—that the first amniote lungs were complex, multichambered organs and that the single-chambered lungs of lizards and snakes represent a secondarily simplified rather than the plesiomorphic condition. We combine comparative anatomical and embryological data and show that shared structural principles of multichamberedness are recognizable in amniotes including all lepidosaurian taxa....
Paper Details
Title
Lungs of the first amniotes: why simple if they can be complex?
Published Date
Jan 1, 2015
Volume
11
Issue
1
Pages
20140848 - 20140848
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