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Evolutionary origin of lubricated joints at the dawn of jawed vertebrates

PLoS Biology (2025) 23(2)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003044
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Abstract

The evolutionary origin of the lubricated joints that allow our interconnected skeleton to swivel, rotate, and bend has remained a mystery. A new comparative study of joints in PLOS Biology points to lubricated joints arising in the earliest jawed vertebrates.

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Crump, G. G. (2025). Evolutionary origin of lubricated joints at the dawn of jawed vertebrates. PLoS Biology, 23(2). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003044

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