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Eutherians experienced elevated evolutionary rates in the immediate aftermath of the Cretaceous–Palaeogene mass extinction

The effect of the Cretaceous–Palaeogene (K–Pg) mass extinction on the evolution of many groups, including placental mammals, has been hotly debated. The fossil record suggests a sudden adaptive radiation of placentals immediately after the event, but several recent quantitative analyses have reconst...

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Autores principales: Halliday, Thomas John Dixon, Upchurch, Paul, Goswami, Anjali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4936024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27358361
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.3026