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Recurrent evolution of extreme longevity in bats

Bats live longer than similar-sized mammals, but the number of lineages that have independently evolved extreme longevity has not previously been determined. Here we reconstruct the evolution of size-corrected longevity on a recent molecular phylogeny and find that at least four lineages of bats hav...

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Autores principales: Wilkinson, Gerald S., Adams, Danielle M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6501359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30966896
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0860