Estimating rates and patterns of morphological evolution from phylogenies: lessons in limb lability from Australian Lerista lizards

Squamates (lizards and snakes) offer an exciting model system for research on the evolution of body form. A new phylogenetic study in BMC Evolutionary Biology of Australian lizards shows remarkable evolutionary lability in digit numbers among closely related species, but also highlights important ch...

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Autor principal: Wiens, John J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2687767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19291259
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol112
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spelling pubmed-26877672009-08-24 Estimating rates and patterns of morphological evolution from phylogenies: lessons in limb lability from Australian Lerista lizards Wiens, John J J Biol Minireview Squamates (lizards and snakes) offer an exciting model system for research on the evolution of body form. A new phylogenetic study in BMC Evolutionary Biology of Australian lizards shows remarkable evolutionary lability in digit numbers among closely related species, but also highlights important challenges in this area. BioMed Central 2009 2009-02-24 /pmc/articles/PMC2687767/ /pubmed/19291259 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol112 Text en Copyright © 2009 BioMed Central Ltd
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Estimating rates and patterns of morphological evolution from phylogenies: lessons in limb lability from Australian Lerista lizards
title Estimating rates and patterns of morphological evolution from phylogenies: lessons in limb lability from Australian Lerista lizards
title_full Estimating rates and patterns of morphological evolution from phylogenies: lessons in limb lability from Australian Lerista lizards
title_fullStr Estimating rates and patterns of morphological evolution from phylogenies: lessons in limb lability from Australian Lerista lizards
title_full_unstemmed Estimating rates and patterns of morphological evolution from phylogenies: lessons in limb lability from Australian Lerista lizards
title_short Estimating rates and patterns of morphological evolution from phylogenies: lessons in limb lability from Australian Lerista lizards
title_sort estimating rates and patterns of morphological evolution from phylogenies: lessons in limb lability from australian lerista lizards
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2687767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19291259
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol112
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