Reptilian viviparity and Dollo's law

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1441-1450

  Lee, Michael S Y ^a,b   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Character evolution; Oviparity; Phylogeny; Reproductive mode; Reptiles; Squamates; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; REPTILE; VIVIPARITY;

COLUBRIDAE; ELAPIDAE; PISCES; POLYCHAETA; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0031732010     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb02025.x     Document Type: Article

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