Evolution; international journal of organic evolutionAnimalsSkullBiological EvolutionElapidae
Rapid evolution and cranial morphospace expansion during the terrestrial to marine transition in elapid snakes.
Emma Sherratt, Jenna Crowe-Riddell, Alessandro Palci, Ammresh, Mark N Hutchinson, Michael S Y Lee, Kate L Sanders
Published: 202510.1093/evolut/qpaf180
Abstract
Ecological transitions can trigger rapid phenotypic evolution and novelty, yet the tempo and mode of such changes remain poorly understood in clades that diversify across broad geographic scales, such as continents and oceans. We analysed skull shape…
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