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Evolutionary history of mental glands in turtles reveals a single origin in an aquatic ancestor and recurrent losses independent of macrohabitat

Despite the relevance of chemical communication in vertebrates, comparative examinations of macroevolutionary trends in chemical signaling systems are scarce. Many turtle and tortoise species are reliant on chemical signals to communicate in aquatic and terrestrial macrohabitats, and many of these s...

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Autores principales: Ibáñez, Alejandro, Fritz, Uwe, Auer, Markus, Martínez-Silvestre, Albert, Praschag, Peter, Załugowicz, Emilia, Podkowa, Dagmara, Pabijan, Maciej
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8129087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34001926
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89520-w