Rate heterogeneity, ancestral character state reconstruction, and the evolution of limb morphology in Lerista (Scincidae, Squamata)

Systematic Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 723-740

  Skinner, Adam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Character evolution; Dollo's law; Likelihood; Limb reduction; Lizard; Model; Skink

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; LIZARD; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EXTREMITIES; LIZARDS; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES;

LERISTA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79951618472     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syq055     Document Type: Article

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