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Caudal autotomy as anti-predatory behaviour in Palaeozoic reptiles
Many lizards can drop a portion of their tail in response to an attack by a predator, a behaviour known as caudal autotomy. The capacity for intravertebral autotomy among modern reptiles suggests that it evolved in the lepidosaur branch of reptilian evolution, because no such vertebral features are...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5838224/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29507301 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21526-3 |