Supernumerary teeth in Lynx lynx and the irreversibility of evolution

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Summary

Since supernumerary dental elements are absent in the plesiomorphic sister-groups of L. lynx, they represent a true evolutionary reversal, and, like all rules based on probabilities, the authors should expect to find exceptions in the fossil record.

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article
Published
1987-02-01
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Keywords

Biology, Supernumerary, Character (mathematics), Sister group, Evolutionary biology

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