The Role of Evolutionary Integration in the Morphological Evolution of the Skull of Caviomorph Rodents (Rodentia: Hystricomorpha)

2015/05/18 by Alicia Álvarez, S. Iván Pérez, S. Ivan Perez +1 · 39 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Mathematics · Social Sciences · #Allometry #Anatomy #Biology #Cranial vault #Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Evolutionary biology #Genetics #Genus #Mandible (arthropod mouthpart) #Masticatory force #Morphological variations and asymmetry #Morphometrics #Neurocranium #Orthodontics #Phylogenetic tree #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Skull #Zoology

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s11692-015-9326-7

published in Evolutionary Biology 42(3), 312-327 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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