Model for the Appearance of Interdigital Cell Death (Icd) in Tetrapods, the Group that Includes Amph (IMAGE)

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Model for the Appearance of Interdigital Cell Death (Icd) in Tetrapods, the Group that Includes Amph

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Increased oxygen levels are essential for production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and cell death in the limbs. During evolution, this new process -- ICD - became essential to shape the limbs of amniotes.

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