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

Journal of Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Wiens, John J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY BUILD; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; FINGER; LERISTA; LIMB; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

LERISTA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; EVOLUTION; LIZARDS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66749141756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14754924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/jbiol112     Document Type: Short Survey

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