The first description of dermal armour in snakes

Osteoderms, also called dermal armour, often play a role in predator defence. The presence of osteoderms is highly irregularly distributed across the squamate phylogeny and they have not been found in snakes. In this study, we searched for candidate snake species that would benefit from such armour...

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Autores principales: Frýdlová, Petra, Janovská, Veronika, Mrzílková, Jana, Halašková, Milada, Riegerová, Markéta, Dudák, Jan, Tymlová, Veronika, Žemlička, Jan, Zach, Petr, Frynta, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10115820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37076516
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33244-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10115820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37076516
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33244-6

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