Evolution: Morphological saturation and release in mammals

Michael S.Y. Lee; Alessandro Palci

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.05.003

Evolution: Morphological saturation and release in mammals

Michael S.Y. Lee, Alessandro Palci

College of Science and Engineering

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Mammal evolution in the Mesozoic was thought to be heavily constrained by competition and predation by dinosaurs. A new study suggests that placental mammals remained constrained for several million years after non-avian dinosaurs perished, perhaps due to competition from archaic mammals.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R838-R840
Number of pages	3
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	31
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.05.003
Publication status	Published - 12 Jul 2021

Keywords

mammal evolution
morphological saturation
constrained mammals
Evolutionary biology

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