Which came first: The lizard or the egg? Robustness in phylogenetic reconstruction of ancestral states

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 324, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 504-516

  Wright, April M ^a   Lyons, Kathleen M ^a   Brandley, Matthew C ^b,c   Hillis, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c New York University Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTA; ERYX JAYAKARI; LACHESIS; LIOLAEMUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LIZARD; OVIPARITY; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LIZARDS; OVIPARITY; PHYLOGENY; SNAKES; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

EID: 84938924345     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22642     Document Type: Article

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