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A reconstruction of the anagenetic transformations from fins to tetrapod limbs is represented considering the self-evident mechanical constraints which must have limited the construction and thus the function and the transformation.
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Peters, D.S. (1985). Mechanical Constraints Canalizing the Evolutionary Transformation of Tetrapod Limbs. In: Zweers, G.A., Dullemeijer, P. (eds) Architecture in Living Structure. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5169-3_5
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