Body-form evolution in the scincid lizard clade Lerista and the mode of macroevolutionary transitions

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 292-300

  Skinner, Adam ^a,b   Lee, Michael S Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Correlated progression; Evolutionary trend; Limb reduction; Modularity; Skink

Indexed keywords

LERISTA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 76349101124     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-009-9064-9     Document Type: Article

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