Canine Evolution in Sabretoothed Carnivores: Natural Selection or Sexual Selection?

The remarkable elongated upper canines of extinct sabretoothed carnivorous mammals have been the subject of considerable speculation on their adaptive function, but the absence of living analogues prevents any direct inference about their evolution. We analysed scaling relationships of the upper can...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Randau, Marcela, Carbone, Chris, Turvey, Samuel T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3738559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23951334
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072868

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3738559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23951334
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072868

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