Is the Evolution of Viviparity Accompanied by a Relative Increase in Maternal Abdomen Size in Lizards?

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 388-399

  Sun, Yan Yan ^a,c   Du, Yu ^b   Yang, Jing ^a   Fu, Tian Bao ^a   Lin, Chi Xian ^b   Ji, Xiang ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Qiongzhou University   (Macao)

^c HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Body volume constraint; Lizards; Morphology; Reproductive mode; Reproductive output; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

EREMIAS; EUTROPIS; PHRYNOCEPHALUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84865572235     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-012-9166-7     Document Type: Article

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