Webbed foot
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webbed-foot-279-8518379
title:
Webbed foot
text:
The webbed foot is a specialized limb with interdigital membranes (webbings) that aids in aquatic locomotion, present in a variety of tetrapod vertebrates. This adaptation is primarily found in semiaquatic species, and has convergently evolved many times across vertebrate taxa. It likely arose from mutations in developmental genes that normally cause tissue between the digits to apoptose. These mutations were beneficial to many semiaquatic animals because the increased surface area from the webb
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encyclopedia
description:
Animal feet with non-pathogenic interdigital webbing
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webbed_foot
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date modified:
2024-02-21T19:37:09Z
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