Evolution of Cranial Shape in Caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)

2014/06/19 by Emma Sherratt, David J. Gower, Christian Peter Klingenberg +1 · 144 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · Mathematics · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Anatomy #Biology #Clade #Crania #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Evolutionary biology #Fossorial #Heterochrony #Macroevolution #Morphological variations and asymmetry #Morphometrics #Neurocranium #Ontogeny #Paleontology #Phyletic gradualism #Phylogenetics #Skull #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1007/s11692-014-9287-2

published in Evolutionary Biology 41(4), 528-545 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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