fossorialization

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

fossorial +‎ -ization

Noun[edit]

fossorialization (uncountable)

  1. modification to become fossorial
    • 2015 October 22, “Molecular Phylogeny Supports Repeated Adaptation to Burrowing within Small-Eared Shrews Genus of Cryptotis (Eulipotyphla, Soricidae)”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      In the current study, we demonstrate that fossorialization can evolve repeatedly even within a single genus and at a relatively shallow time scale.
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