Evolutionary rates of body-size-related genes and ecological factors involved in driving body size evolution of squamates
Body size is one of the most important traits of an organism. Among reptiles, both lizards and snakes show body size differences that span a similar six orders of magnitude variation. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying body size variation in squamates remain obscure. Here, we performed com...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2022-09-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.1007409/full |