Different solutions lead to similar life history traits across the great divides of the amniote tree of life

Abstract Amniote vertebrates share a suite of extra-embryonic membranes that distinguish them from anamniotes. Other than that, however, their reproductive characteristics could not be more different. They differ in basic ectothermic vs endothermic physiology, in that two clades evolved powered flig...

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Main Authors: Shai Meiri, Gopal Murali, Anna Zimin, Lior Shak, Yuval Itescu, Gabriel Caetano, Uri Roll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:Journal of Biological Research - Thessaloniki
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40709-021-00134-9