any vertebrate animal, such as a reptile, bird, or mammal, that possesses an amnion, chorion, and allantois during embryonic development
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The turtle and chicken might retain the microchromosomes of the amniote protokaryotype almost intact.
Yoshinobu Uno, Chizuko Nishida, Hiroshi Tarui, Satoshi Ishishita, Chiyo Takagi, OsamuNishimura, Junko Ishijima, Hidetoshi Ota, Ayumi Kosaka, Kazumi Matsubara, YasunoriMurakami, Shigeru Kuratani, Naoto Ueno, Kiyokazu Agata, Yoichi Matsuda 2012, 'Inference of the Protokaryotypes of Amniotes and Tetrapods and the Evolutionary Processesof Microchromosomes from Comparative Gene Mapping', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0053027. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
All edentulous amniote clades have evolved from ancestors with enamel-capped teeth.
Meredith Robert W, Gatesy John, Springer Mark S 2013, 'Molecular decay of enamel matrix protein genes in turtles and other edentulous amniotes',BMC Evolutionary Biologyhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/13/20. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Pgb was kept in all of the amniote clade with independent episodes of loss in some mammalian species.
Luís Filipe Costa Castro, Monica Lopes-Marques, Odete Gonçalves, Jonathan Mark Wilson 2012, 'The evolution of pepsinogen C genes in vertebrates: duplication, loss and functionaldiversification.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3298455?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Here, we report that regulatory mechanisms of neuron subtype specification are divergent in developing amniote brains.
Tadashi Nomura, Wataru Yamashita, Hitoshi Gotoh, Katsuhiko Ono 2018, 'Species-Specific Mechanisms of Neuron Subtype Specification Reveal Evolutionary Plasticityof Amniote Brain Development', Cell Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124718302961. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Species differences in neuronal subtypes and connections suggest functional plasticity of regulatory genes for neuronal specification during amniote brain evolution.
Tadashi Nomura, Wataru Yamashita, Hitoshi Gotoh, Katsuhiko Ono 2018, 'Species-Specific Mechanisms of Neuron Subtype Specification Reveal Evolutionary Plasticityof Amniote Brain Development', Cell Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124718302961. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The specificity of this gene family to non-amniotes might contribute to a large extent to distinct physiology in non-amniote vertebrates.
Yi-Bing Zhang, Ting-Kai Liu, Jun Jiang, Jun Shi, Ying Liu, Shun Li, Jian-Fang Gui 2013, 'Identification of a Novel Gig2 Gene Family Specific to Non-Amniote Vertebrates', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0060588. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Our general conclusions on amniote skull integrity are obviously preliminary and should be tested in subsequent studies.
Ingmar Werneburg, Borja Esteve-Altava, Joana Bruno, Marta Torres Ladeira, Rui Diogo 2019, 'Unique skull network complexity of Tyrannosaurus rex among land vertebrates', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-018-37976-8. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Previous studies of zebrafish revealed genetically distinct populations of embryonicand adult melanophores, the ectotherm homologue of amniote melanocytes.
Erine H Budi, Larissa B Patterson, David M Parichy 2011, 'Post-embryonic nerve-associated precursors to adult pigment cells: genetic requirementsand dynamics of morphogenesis and differentiation.', PLoS Geneticshttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3098192?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These observations give insight into the biomechanical aspects of underwater locomotion in an axial skeleton-compromised aquatic amniote.
Tomasz Szczygielski, Dawid Surmik, Agnieszka Kapuścińska, Bruce M Rothschild 2017, 'The oldest record of aquatic amniote congenital scoliosis.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5608408?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)