Initial radiation of jaws demonstrated stability despite faunal and environmental change

Nature

Volumn 476, Issue 7359, 2011, Pages 206-209

  Anderson, Philip S L ^a   Friedman, Matt ^b   Brazeau, Martin D ^c,d   Rayfield, Emily J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FAUNA; GENOMIC IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; JAW; LETTER; MANDIBLE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FISHES; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; JAW; SAMPLE SIZE; VERTEBRATES;

ACTINOPTERYGII; AGNATHA; CROSSOPTERYGII; GNATHOSTOMATA (VERTEBRATE); TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80051698134     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10207     Document Type: Letter

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