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
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-05-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30535-w
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author 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
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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
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-a64175b756d84b8fa9c89dbcc7eeb4682022-12-22T02:21:51ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232022-05-0113111210.1038/s41467-022-30535-wExceptional parallelisms characterize the evolutionary transition to live birth in phrynosomatid lizardsSaúl F. Domínguez-Guerrero0Fausto R. Méndez-de la Cruz1Norma L. Manríquez-Morán2Mark E. Olson3Patricia Galina-Tessaro4Diego M. Arenas-Moreno5Adán Bautista- del Moral6Adriana Benítez-Villaseñor7Héctor Gadsden8Rafael A. Lara-Reséndiz9Carlos A. Maciel-Mata10Francisco J. Muñoz-Nolasco11Rufino Santos-Bibiano12Jorge H. Valdez-Villavicencio13Guillermo A. Woolrich-Piña14Martha M. Muñoz15Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale UniversityInstituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de HidalgoInstituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S. C.Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoInstituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoInstituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoInstituto de Ecología, A. C.Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S. C.Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de HidalgoInstituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoInstituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoConservación de Fauna del Noroeste, A.C.Tecnológico Nacional de México campus ZacapoaxtlaDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale UniversityThere 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.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30535-w
spellingShingle 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
Exceptional parallelisms characterize the evolutionary transition to live birth in phrynosomatid lizards
Nature Communications
title Exceptional parallelisms characterize the evolutionary transition to live birth in phrynosomatid lizards
title_full Exceptional parallelisms characterize the evolutionary transition to live birth in phrynosomatid lizards
title_fullStr Exceptional parallelisms characterize the evolutionary transition to live birth in phrynosomatid lizards
title_full_unstemmed Exceptional parallelisms characterize the evolutionary transition to live birth in phrynosomatid lizards
title_short Exceptional parallelisms characterize the evolutionary transition to live birth in phrynosomatid lizards
title_sort exceptional parallelisms characterize the evolutionary transition to live birth in phrynosomatid lizards
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30535-w
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