An interclavicle is a bone which, in most tetrapods, is located between the clavicles. Therian mammals (marsupials and placentals) are the only tetrapods which never have an interclavicle, although some members of other groups also lack one.[1] In therians, it is replaced by the sternum, which is similar in shape and function but forms via endochondral ossification (cartilage forming bone). The interclavicle, on the other hand, develops through intramembranous ossification of the skin.
The interclavicle is widely found in tetrapods, but has only been rarely reported in a few fish, in which it is small.[2][3]
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- ↑ Cloutier, Richard; Clement, Alice M.; Lee, Michael S. Y.; Noël, Roxanne; Béchard, Isabelle; Roy, Vincent; Long, John A. (2020-03-18). "Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand". Nature. 579 (7800): 549–554. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2100-8. eISSN 1476-4687. ISSN 0028-0836.
- ↑ Romer, Alfred Sherwood (1956). The Osteology of the Reptiles. University of Chicago Press.
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