Accelerated evolution and diversifying selection drove the adaptation of cetacean bone microstructure

Accelerated evolution and diversifying selection drove the adaptation of cetacean bone microstructure

Abstract Background The transition from land to sea by the ancestor of cetaceans approximately 50 million years ago was an incredible evolutionary event that led to a series of morphological, physiological, and behavioral adaptations. During this transition, bone microstructure evolved from the typi...

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Main Authors: Di Sun, Xuming Zhou, Zhenpeng Yu, Shixia Xu, Inge Seim, Guang Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Bone microstructure
Cetaceans
Adaptive evolution
Phylogenetic comparative analyses
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-019-1509-x

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