Exceptional parallelisms characterize the evolutionary transition to live birth in phrynosomatid lizards

Exceptional parallelisms characterize the evolutionary transition to live birth in phrynosomatid lizards

There have been five independent transitions from egg laying to live birth in the phrynosomatid lizards. Here, Domínguez-Guerrero et al. identify parallel changes in physiology, life history and behaviour that characterize these transitions to live birth.

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Main Authors: Saúl F. Domínguez-Guerrero, Fausto R. Méndez-de la Cruz, Norma L. Manríquez-Morán, Mark E. Olson, Patricia Galina-Tessaro, Diego M. Arenas-Moreno, Adán Bautista- del Moral, Adriana Benítez-Villaseñor, Héctor Gadsden, Rafael A. Lara-Reséndiz, Carlos A. Maciel-Mata, Francisco J. Muñoz-Nolasco, Rufino Santos-Bibiano, Jorge H. Valdez-Villavicencio, Guillermo A. Woolrich-Piña, Martha M. Muñoz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30535-w

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30535-w

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