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Growth in fossil and extant deer and implications for body size and life history evolution
BACKGROUND: Body size variation within clades of mammals is widespread, but the developmental and life-history mechanisms by which this variation is achieved are poorly understood, especially in extinct forms. An illustrative case study is that of the dwarfed morphotypes of Candiacervus from the Ple...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4332446/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25887855 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0295-3 |