Epoch-based likelihood models reveal no evidence for accelerated evolution of viviparity in squamate reptiles in response to cenozoic climate change

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 324, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 525-531

  King, Benedict ^a   Lee, Michael S Y ^b,c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; THERIA;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LIZARD; OVIPARITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIZARDS; OVIPARITY; PHYLOGENY; SNAKES; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

EID: 84938979421     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22616     Document Type: Article

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