Scott Gilbert/Judy Cebra-Thomas Lab


The development of the turtle plastron 

Erin Betters and Katy Lewis

Turtle Team Summer 2006 - Toks, Alfred, Kendra, Callie, Judy and Scott

Jeremy, Yusha, Lin, Melinda, Scott and Judy

  


The turtle shell is the morphological innovation that defines the order Chelonia.

 

The plastron is composed of 9 unique bones.

@Cebra-Thomas, 2006

Last Modified: 24 January 2006


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