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Complex body size trends in the evolution of sloths (Xenarthra: Pilosa)

BACKGROUND: Extant sloths present an evolutionary conundrum in that the two living genera are superficially similar (small-bodied, folivorous, arboreal) but diverged from one another approximately 30 million years ago and are phylogenetically separated by a radiation of medium to massive, mainly gro...

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Autores principales: Raj Pant, Sara, Goswami, Anjali, Finarelli, John A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4243956/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25319928
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-014-0184-1