The Human Embryonic Hand (IMAGE)

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The Human Embryonic Hand

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Dorsal view of the left hand of a 10-week old human embryo. The dorsometacarpales are highlighted: these muscles (like others described in this study) are present in adults of many other limbed animals, while in humans they normally disappear or become fused with other muscles before birth.

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Rui Diogo, Natalia Siomava and Yorick Gitton

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