Communications Biology (Aug 2022)
The evolution of conglobation in Ceratocanthinae
- Yuanyuan Lu,
- Alberto Ballerio,
- Shuo Wang,
- Zhengting Zou,
- Stanislav N. Gorb,
- Tao Wang,
- Lulu Li,
- Shen Ji,
- Zhengyu Zhao,
- Sheng Li,
- Yijie Tong,
- Yandong Chen,
- De Zhuo,
- Cihang Luo,
- Weiwei Zhang,
- Ning Liu,
- Qi Gu,
- Ming Bai
Affiliations
- Yuanyuan Lu
- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Alberto Ballerio
- Shuo Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Zhengting Zou
- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Stanislav N. Gorb
- Department of Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Zoological Institute, University of Kiel
- Tao Wang
- School of Agriculture, Ningxia University
- Lulu Li
- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shen Ji
- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Zhengyu Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Sheng Li
- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yijie Tong
- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yandong Chen
- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- De Zhuo
- Beijing Xiachong Amber Museum
- Cihang Luo
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Weiwei Zhang
- Ning Liu
- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Qi Gu
- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Ming Bai
- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03685-2
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 5,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 14
Abstract
Evolutionary and functional analyses alongside new fossil specimens expand our understanding of rolling-into-ball behaviour in pill scarab beetles.
