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The origin of snakes: revealing the ecology, behavior, and evolutionary history of early snakes using genomics, phenomics, and the fossil record

BACKGROUND: The highly derived morphology and astounding diversity of snakes has long inspired debate regarding the ecological and evolutionary origin of both the snake total-group (Pan-Serpentes) and crown snakes (Serpentes). Although speculation abounds on the ecology, behavior, and provenance of...

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Autores principales: Hsiang, Allison Y, Field, Daniel J, Webster, Timothy H, Behlke, Adam DB, Davis, Matthew B, Racicot, Rachel A, Gauthier, Jacques A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4438441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25989795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0358-5