On trends and patterns in macroevolution: Williston’s law and the branchiostegal series of extant and extinct osteichthyans

BACKGROUND: The branchiostegal series consists of an alignment of bony elements in the posterior portion of the skull of osteichthyan vertebrates. We trace the evolution of the number of elements in a comprehensive survey that includes 440 extant and 66 extinct species. Using a newly updated actinop...

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Autores principales: Ascarrunz, Eduardo, Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R., Betancur-R, Ricardo, Laurin, Michel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6558815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31182024
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1436-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6558815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31182024
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1436-x

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