Morphological
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Biology
Morphological evidence supporting the classification of four giraffe species
Map of the geographic ranges of extant giraffe species and subspecies, with a side view of a representative male skull of each subspecies. Credit: PLOS ONE (2024). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0315043 The University of Cape Town, in collaboration with the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, conducted a large-scale study to identify major differences in cranial shape among four genetically distinct species of giraffe. This…
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Biology
Morphological studies reveal the evolution of diverse jaws in lizards and snakes
An image of an anole (a type of “false chameleon”) crushing a snail with its jaws. Credit: Professor Anthony Herrell Research from the University of Bristol shows how lizards and snakes, the most diverse group of land vertebrates with around 12,000 species, evolved an astonishing variety of jaw shapes and are an extraordinary ecological success. clarified what brought about this.…
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