The serpent and the egg: Unidirectional evolution of reproductive mode in vipers?

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-66

  Fenwick, Allyson M ^a   Greene, Harry W ^b   Parkinson, Christopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestral character state reconstruction; BiSSE; Evolutionary constraint; Macroevolution; Oviparity; Reverse jump Markov Chain Monte Carlo Bayesian methods; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; EGG; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MACROECOLOGY; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OVIPARITY; RECONSTRUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SNAKE; VIVIPARITY;

VIPERINAE;

EID: 84855732986     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2011.00646.x     Document Type: Article

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