Phylogenetic Insights on Evolutionary Novelties in Lizards and Snakes: Sex, Birth, Bodies, Niches, and Venom

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  2011

• Venue

  Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

• Publication date

  2011-11-04

• Fields of study

  Biology

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  DOI 10.1146/ANNUREV-ECOLSYS-102710-145051
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