Unique bone microanatomy reveals ancestry of subterranean specializations in mammals

Abstract Acquiring a subterranean lifestyle entails a substantial shift for many aspects of terrestrial vertebrates’ biology. Although this lifestyle is associated with multiple instances of convergent evolution, the relative success of some subterranean lineages largely remains unexplained. Here, w...

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Main Authors: Eli Amson, Torsten M. Scheyer, Quentin Martinez, Achim H. Schwermann, Daisuke Koyabu, Kai He, Reinhard Ziegler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2022-12-01
Series:Evolution Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.303