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Functional ecological convergence between the thylacine and small prey-focused canids
BACKGROUND: Morphological convergence is a fundamental aspect of evolution, allowing for inference of the biology and ecology of extinct species by comparison with the form and function of living species as analogues. The thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), the iconic recently extinct marsupial, is...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8059158/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33882837 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01788-8 |