Asymmetry of mandibular dentition is associated with dietary specialization in snail-eating snakes
Background In vertebrates, the left-and-right pairs of homologous organs are generally present in equal numbers. A remarkable exception is snail-eating snakes in the family Pareidae: almost all the pareid snakes have much more teeth on the right mandible than on the left for functional specializatio...
Main Author: | Masaki Hoso |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2017-03-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/3011.pdf |
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