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Giant Mesozoic coelacanths (Osteichthyes, Actinistia) reveal high body size disparity decoupled from taxic diversity

The positive correlation between speciation rates and morphological evolution expressed by body size is a macroevolutionary trait of vertebrates. Although taxic diversification and morphological evolution are slow in coelacanths, their fossil record indicates that large and small species coexisted,...

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Autores principales: Cavin, Lionel, Piuz, André, Ferrante, Christophe, Guinot, Guillaume
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/PMC8175595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34083600
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90962-5

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