{"id":1285,"date":"2018-07-28T03:57:15","date_gmt":"2018-07-28T03:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/?p=1285"},"modified":"2018-10-10T04:02:49","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T04:02:49","slug":"evolution-of-nuchal-glands-unusual-defensive-organs-of-asian-natricine-snakes-serpentes-colubridae-inferred-from-a-molecular-phylogeny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/2018\/07\/28\/evolution-of-nuchal-glands-unusual-defensive-organs-of-asian-natricine-snakes-serpentes-colubridae-inferred-from-a-molecular-phylogeny\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolution of nuchal glands, unusual defensive organs of Asian natricine snakes (Serpentes: Colubridae), inferred from a molecular phylogeny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Author (SJP): Prof. Dharshani Mahaulpatha<br \/>\nJournal:\u00a0<em>Ecology and Evolution<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A large body of evidence indicates that evolutionary innovations of novel organs have facilitated the subsequent diversification of species. Investigation of the evolutionary history of such organs should provide important clues for understanding the basis for species diversification.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1002\/ece3.4497\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a>\u00a0&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1286\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/10\/Ecology-and-evolution-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"ecology-and-evolution\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/10\/Ecology-and-evolution-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/10\/Ecology-and-evolution-40x28.jpg 40w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/10\/Ecology-and-evolution-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/10\/Ecology-and-evolution.jpg 787w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author (SJP): Prof. Dharshani Mahaulpatha Journal:\u00a0Ecology and Evolution A large body of evidence indicates that evolutionary innovations of novel organs have facilitated the subsequent diversification of species. Investigation of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/2018\/07\/28\/evolution-of-nuchal-glands-unusual-defensive-organs-of-asian-natricine-snakes-serpentes-colubridae-inferred-from-a-molecular-phylogeny\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Evolution of nuchal glands, unusual defensive organs of Asian natricine snakes (Serpentes: Colubridae), inferred from a molecular phylogeny<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1285"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1288,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285\/revisions\/1288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}