Rates and patterns in the evolution of snake-like body form in squamate reptiles: evidence for repeated re-evolution of lost digits and long-term persistence of intermediate body forms.

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Published in Evolution on May 27, 2008

Authors

Matthew C Brandley1, John P Huelsenbeck, John J Wiens

Author Affiliations

1: Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94270, USA. brandley@berkeley.edu

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