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dc.contributor.authorHay, Jennifer M
dc.contributor.authorSubramanian, Sankar
dc.contributor.authorMillar, Craig D
dc.contributor.authorMohandesan, Elmira
dc.contributor.authorLambert, David M
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:39:11Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:39:11Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.modified2009-11-11T05:24:30Z
dc.identifier.issn0168-9525
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.tig.2007.12.002
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/26524
dc.description.abstractThe tuatara of New Zealand is a unique reptile that coexisted with dinosaurs and has changed little morphologically from its Cretaceous relatives. Tuatara have very slow metabolic and growth rates, long generation times and slow rates of reproduction. This suggests that the species is likely to exhibit a very slow rate of molecular evolution. Our analysis of ancient and modern tuatara DNA shows that, surprisingly, tuatara have the highest rate of molecular change recorded in vertebrates. Our work also suggests that rates of neutral molecular and phenotypic evolution are decoupled.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.elsevier.com/locate/tig
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom106
dc.relation.ispartofpageto109
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalTrends in Genetics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume24
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMolecular Evolution
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMedical and Health Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode060409
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode06
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode11
dc.titleRapid molecular evolution in a living fossil
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2008 Elsevier. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2008
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gro.griffith.authorLambert, David M.
gro.griffith.authorSankarasubramanian, Sankar


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