Independent wing reductions and losses among stick and leaf insects (Phasmatodea), supported by new Cretaceous fossils in amber

BACKGROUND: Phasmatodea (stick and leaf insects) play a central role on the debate regarding wing reduction and loss, and its wings are putative reacquisition from secondarily wingless ancestors based solely on extant species. A pivotal taxon in this respect is the species-poor Timematodea, consisti...

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Autores principales: Yang, Hongru, Engel, Michael S., Shih, Chungkun, Song, Fan, Zhao, Yisheng, Ren, Dong, Gao, Taiping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10561512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37807035
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-023-01720-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10561512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37807035
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-023-01720-0

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