Data congruence, paedomorphosis and salamanders
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The retention of ancestral juvenile characters by adult stages of descendants is called paedomorphosis. However, this process can mislead phylogenetic analyses based on morphological data, even in combination with molecular data, bec...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-10-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Zoology |
| Online Access: | http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/4/1/22 |