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Chitinase genes (CHIAs) provide genomic footprints of a post-Cretaceous dietary radiation in placental mammals

The end-Cretaceous extinction led to a massive faunal turnover, with placental mammals radiating in the wake of nonavian dinosaurs. Fossils indicate that Cretaceous stem placentals were generally insectivorous, whereas their earliest Cenozoic descendants occupied a variety of dietary niches. It is h...

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Autores principales: Emerling, Christopher A., Delsuc, Frédéric, Nachman, Michael W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5955627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29774238
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aar6478

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