Pseudo-homeosis in avian feet: Response
Authors: Galis F,van Alphen JJM, Metz JAJ
Publication Year: 2002
Reference: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 17(6):256 (1 June 2002) (Published online 9 May 2002)
Abstract
Response from Galis, van Alphen and Metz: The letter by Feduccia [1] primarily concerns a semantic question: How does one define homeotic transformation and structural identity. It is tangential to the central theme of our review (F. Galis et al., Why five fingers? Evolutionary constraints on digit numbers, Trends Ecol. Evol. 16 (2001), pp.637-646).