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Comment
. 2012 Mar 13;109(11):4027-8.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1201030109. Epub 2012 Feb 21.

Measuring the evolution of body size in mammals

P David Polly  1
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Measuring the evolution of body size in mammals

P David Polly. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
The relationship of lineage evolution to CMR. (A) A clade consists of many evolving and bifurcating lineages, only one of which is the largest member of the clade at any one time. (B) CMR is calculated from only the largest members, which are represented by the largest points on the broken black line in each time interval.
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  • The maximum rate of mammal evolution.
    Evans AR, Jones D, Boyer AG, Brown JH, Costa DP, Ernest SK, Fitzgerald EM, Fortelius M, Gittleman JL, Hamilton MJ, Harding LE, Lintulaakso K, Lyons SK, Okie JG, Saarinen JJ, Sibly RM, Smith FA, Stephens PR, Theodor JM, Uhen MD. Evans AR, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Mar 13;109(11):4187-90. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1120774109. Epub 2012 Jan 30. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012. PMID: 22308461 Free PMC article.

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