Genomic data suggest parallel dental vestigialization within the xenarthran radiation
C. A. Emerling, G. C. Gibb, M.-K. Tilak, J. J. Hughes, M. Kuch, A. T. Duggan, H. N. Poinar, M. W. Nachman, F. Delsuc
The paper uses genomic data to show that dental vestigialization in xenarthrans occurred through independent events rather than a single ancestral decay.
bioRxiv · Dec 9, 2022Evolutionary Biology