A single origin of extreme matrotrophy in African mabuyine skinks

Biology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Metallinou, Margarita ^a   Weinell, Jeffrey L ^a   Karin, Benjamin R ^a   Conradie, Werner ^b   Wagner, Philipp ^c   Schmitz, Andreas ^d   Jackman, Todd R ^a   Bauer, Aaron M ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORT ELIZABETH MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^d MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mabuyinae; Phylogeny; Placenta; Scincidae; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); VIVIPARITY;

AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); EUMECIA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES; TRACHYLEPIS;

ANIMAL; LIZARD; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; LIZARDS; PHYLOGENY; SNAKES; TURTLES;

EID: 84995586831     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0430     Document Type: Article

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