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Serpent clocks tick faster

  • Vonk F
  • Richardson M
Nature (2008) 454(7202) 282-283
DOI: 10.1038/454282a
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Abstract

Snakes have graceful, elongated bodies containing hundreds of vertebrae. This extreme of morphology stems from evolutionary changes in a developmental clock that regulates body patterning.

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Vonk, F. J., & Richardson, M. K. (2008). Serpent clocks tick faster. Nature, 454(7202), 282–283. https://doi.org/10.1038/454282a

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