The eggshell-matrix protein gene OC-17 is functionally lost in the viviparous Chinese crocodile lizard

Xie, HX; Liang, XX; Li, WM; Chen, ZQ; Wang, XF; Ding, ZH; Zhou, XM; Du, WG

Zhou, XM; Du, WG (通讯作者),Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Zool, Key Lab Anim Ecol & Conservat Biol, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China.

JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 2022; 35 (11): 1568

Abstract

Thickness reduction or loss of the calcareous eggshell is one of major phenotypic changes in the transition from oviparity to viviparity. Whether the ......

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