Evolution and dispersal of snakes across the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction
Snakes are one of the most successful groups of living vertebrates, but the timing of their diversification is unclear. Combining molecular clocks, fossils, and biogeography, Klein et al. show that snakes experienced a diversification, and underwent dispersal, around the time of the end-Cretaceous m...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2021-09-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25136-y |