Limb loss in lizards - evidence for rapid evolution

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 13:56 in Biology & Nature

Small skink lizards, Lerista, demonstrate extensive changes in body shape over geologically brief periods. Research published in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology shows that several species of these skinks have rapidly evolved an elongate, limbless body form...

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