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First Fossil Evidence for the Advance of Replacement Teeth Coupled with Life History Evolution along an Anagenetic Mammalian Lineage

In mammals that grow up more slowly and live longer, replacement teeth tend to appear earlier in sequence than in fast growing mammals. This trend, known as ‘Schultz's Rule’, is a useful tool for inferring life histories of fossil taxa. Deviations from this rule, however, suggest that in additi...

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Autores principales: Jordana, Xavier, Marín-Moratalla, Nekane, Moncunill-Solé, Blanca, Bover, Pere, Alcover, Josep Antoni, Köhler, Meike
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3723812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23936247
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070743