Evolution of gigantism in amphiumid salamanders

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Bonett, Ronald M ^a,b   Chippindale, Paul T ^c   Moler, Paul E ^d   van Devender, R Wayne ^e   Wake, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^d FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIGANTISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SALAMANDER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; AMPHIUMIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URODELA;

EID: 66249101659     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005615     Document Type: Article

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