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Rafaela V Missagia^1,2, Anderson Feijó^2,3, Lauren Johnson⁴

¹Department of Zoology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

|September 4, 2025

概括

动物

科学领域:

进化生物学
古生物学
比较解剖学

背景情况:

四足动物的第一个数字 (D1) 具有功能性适应,但其与生态多样性的宏观进化联系尚不清楚.
动物表现出多样化的D1 unguis形态,大多数血统拥有D1指甲.

研究的目的:

调查D1的形态与动物的生态多样性之间的宏观进化关系.
了解D1 unguis在动物适应辐射和利基利用中的作用.

主要方法:

现存的动物属的遗传学分析.
在不同的生态中对D1 unguis形态进行比较分析.
重建 D1 的原始状态.

主要成果:

大多数动物属和祖先系都拥有D1指甲.
地下动物的D1爪的独立演变和口服养专家的D1爪的丧失.
早期的D1指甲获取和手工灵巧可能促进了硬种子和坚果的开发.

结论:

D1的形态与动物的生态专业化和进化成功密切相关.
对于动物利用难以获取的食物资源来说, D1指甲和手工灵巧的演变至关重要.
这项研究揭示了一种新奇的因素,

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