Rampant tooth loss across 200 million years of frog evolution
D. J. Paluh, K. Riddell, C. M. Early, M. M. Hantak, G. F. Jongsma, R. M. Keeffe, F. Magalhaes Silva, S. V. Nielsen, M. C. Vallejo-Pareja, E. L. Stanley, D. C. Blackburn
This study analyzes tooth loss across 200 million years of frog evolution, finding repeated losses in frogs linked to diet and jaw morphology but not body size.
bioRxiv · Feb 4, 2021Evolutionary Biology