Multiple origins of viviparity, or reversal from viviparity to oviparity? The European common lizard ( Zootoca vivipara , Lacertidae) and the evolution of parity
Multiple origins of viviparity, or reversal from viviparity to oviparity? The European common lizard ( Zootoca vivipara , Lacertidae) and the evolution of parity
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胎生的多重起源,还是从胎生到卵生的逆转?
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2006
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B. Smajda
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Y. Surget;B. Heulin;C. Guillaume;M. Puky;D. Semenov;Valentina F Orlova;L. Kupriyanova;I. Ghira;B. Smajda
The evolution of viviparity in squamates has been the focus of much scientific attention in previous years. In particular, the possibility of the transition from viviparity back to oviparity has been the subject of a vigorous debate. Some studies have suggested this reversal is more frequent than previously thought. However, none of them provide conclusive evidence. We investigated this problem by studying the phylogenetic relationships between oviparous and viviparous lineages of the reproductively bimodal lizard species Zootoca vivipara. Our results show that viviparous populations are not monophyletic, and that several evolutionary transitions in parity mode have occurred. The most parsimonious scenario involves a single origin of viviparity followed by a reversal back to oviparity. This is the first study with a strongly supported phylogenetic framework supporting a transition from viviparity to oviparity. © 2006 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2006, 87, 1–11.