The origin of snakes (Serpentes) as seen through eye anatomy

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 469-482

  Caprette, Christopher L ^a   Lee, Michael S Y ^b   Shine, Richard ^c   Mokany, Allie ^d   Downhower, Jerry F ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Alethinophidia; Ophthalmic morphology; Parsimony analysis; Scolecophidia; Vertebrate evolution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; EVOLUTION; EYE; SNAKE;

ALETHINOPHIDIA; MAMMALIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 16544374909     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2003.00305.x     Document Type: Article

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