Estimating rates and patterns of morphological evolution from phylogenies: Lessons in limb lability from Australian Lerista lizards

John J. Wiens

doi:10.1186/jbiol112

Estimating rates and patterns of morphological evolution from phylogenies: Lessons in limb lability from Australian Lerista lizards

John J. Wiens

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Abstract

Squamates (lizards and snakes) offer an exciting model system for research on the evolution of body form. A new phylogenetic study in BMC Evolutionary Biology of Australian lizards shows remarkable evolutionary lability in digit numbers among closely related species, but also highlights important challenges in this area.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	19
Journal	Journal of Biology
Volume	8
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/jbiol112
State	Published - 2009

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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)

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