Uberon definition : Skeletal element that is composed of bone tissue.;
Uberon synonym : bone organ;
Uberon related term : bone; bones;
Uberon Homology note : The 'new animal phylogeny' reveals that many of the groups known to biomineralize
sit among close relatives that do not, and it favours an interpretation of convergent
or parallel evolution for biomineralization in animals. (...) Whether this 'biomineralization
toolkit'of genes reflects a parallel co-option of a common suite of genes or the inheritance
of a skeletogenic gene regulatory network from a biomineralizing common ancestor remains
an open debate.[debated][VHOG];