Repeated evolution of limblessness and digging heads in worm lizards reveales by DNA from old bones

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1549, 2004, Pages 1677-1683

  Kearney, Maureen ^a   Stuart, Bryan L ^a,b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphisbaenians; Convergence; DNA extraction; Limb loss; Mosaic evolution; Worm lizards

Indexed keywords

DNA;

DNA; EVOLUTION; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LIMB; LIZARD; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

AMPHISBAENIA; AMPHISBAENIDAE; BIPEDIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; RHINEURIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TROGONOPHIDAE;

EID: 4243115072     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2771     Document Type: Article

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