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EVOLUTION OF VIVIPARITY IN THE LIZARD GENUS
SCELOPORUS
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spr:r'it,sitrc filrrrtl at lriglrt:r elevttir>rtsthiur oviprtrotts spct'ies. For t'xltrrple, in thc scalztrisspecies
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