Swimming through substrate costs an arm and/or a leg
Last week, a paper was published in the Open Access journal PLoS ONE, entitled ‘Distinct Patterns of Desynchronized Limb Regression in Malagasy Scincine Lizards (Squamata, Scincidae)‘, by AurĂ©lien Miralles and colleagues. This paper dealt with a fascinating case of convergent evolution, and I thought I would share my thoughts on […]