The role of habitat shift in the evolution of lizard morphology: evidence from tropical Tropidurus.

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• Publication year

  1997

• Venue

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Publication date

  1997-04-15

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1073/PNAS.94.8.3828PMID 9108063PMCID PMC20526
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