Dollo's law and the irreversibility of digit loss in Bachia

Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2466-2476

  Galis, Frietson ^a,b   Arntzen, Jan W ^a   Lande, Russell ^c  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolutionary constraints; Limb evolution; Modularity; Phylotypic stage; Polydactyly; Squamate lizards

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BODY SHAPE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIMB; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYLOGENY; RECONSTRUCTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; LIZARD; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY PATTERNING; EXTREMITIES; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

BACHIA; METAZOA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77955255953     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01041.x     Document Type: Article

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