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Distinct Patterns of Desynchronized Limb Regression in Malagasy Scincine Lizards (Squamata, Scincidae)

Scincine lizards in Madagascar form an endemic clade of about 60 species exhibiting a variety of ecomorphological adaptations. Several subclades have adapted to burrowing and convergently regressed their limbs and eyes, resulting in a variety of partial and completely limbless morphologies among ext...

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Autores principales: Miralles, Aurélien, Hipsley, Christy A., Erens, Jesse, Gehara, Marcelo, Rakotoarison, Andolalao, Glaw, Frank, Müller, Johannes, Vences, Miguel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4456255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26042667
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126074