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1 Evolution: One Penis After All
Patricia L.R. Brennan  Current Biology  Volume 26, Issue 1, Pages R29-R31 (January 2016) DOI: /j.cub Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 A male tuatara. Tuatara are the only surviving member of the Rhincocephalia. Adult males like the one shown here lack a penis. (Photo: Wikimedia commons.) Current Biology  , R29-R31DOI: ( /j.cub ) Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 A resolved hypothesis on the evolution of amniote external genitalia. The presence of genital buds in the tuatara strongly supports a single origin for the amniote penis. After [10] with permission. Phylogeny after Chiari et al. [20]. Current Biology  , R29-R31DOI: ( /j.cub ) Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions


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