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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| author | Catherine G. Klein Davide Pisani Daniel J. Field Rebecca Lakin Matthew A. Wills Nicholas R. Longrich |
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| description | 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 mass extinction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fa7a3ab1516f46739b7068acb353e4132022-12-21T20:35:48ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232021-09-011211910.1038/s41467-021-25136-yEvolution and dispersal of snakes across the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinctionCatherine G. Klein0Davide Pisani1Daniel J. Field2Rebecca Lakin3Matthew A. Wills4Nicholas R. Longrich5The Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of BathSchool of Earth Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of BristolThe Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of BathThe Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of BathThe Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of BathThe Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of BathSnakes 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 mass extinction.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25136-y |
| spellingShingle | Catherine G. Klein Davide Pisani Daniel J. Field Rebecca Lakin Matthew A. Wills Nicholas R. Longrich Evolution and dispersal of snakes across the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction Nature Communications |
| title | Evolution and dispersal of snakes across the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction |
| title_full | Evolution and dispersal of snakes across the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction |
| title_fullStr | Evolution and dispersal of snakes across the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evolution and dispersal of snakes across the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction |
| title_short | Evolution and dispersal of snakes across the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction |
| title_sort | evolution and dispersal of snakes across the cretaceous paleogene mass extinction |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25136-y |
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