Evolution of rapid development in spadefoot toads is unrelated to arid environments.

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Published in PLoS One on May 06, 2014

Authors

Cen Zeng1, Ivan Gomez-Mestre2, John J Wiens3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biology II, University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
2: Ecology, Evolution, and Development Group, Doñana Biological Station, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Seville, Spain.
3: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America.

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