Changes in ontogenetic patterns facilitate diversification in skull shape of Australian agamid lizards

Abstract Background Morphological diversity among closely related animals can be the result of differing growth patterns. The Australian radiation of agamid lizards (Amphibolurinae) exhibits great ecological and morphological diversity, which they have achieved on a continent-wide scale, in a relati...

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Main Authors: Jaimi A. Gray, Emma Sherratt, Mark N. Hutchinson, Marc E. H. Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1335-6