Variation in mandible shape in Thrichomys apereoides (Mammalia: Rodentia): Geometric analysis of a complex morphological structure

Systematic Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 563-578

  Duarte, Luiza Carla ^a,d   Monteiro, Leandro Rabello ^b   Von Zuben, Fernando José ^c   Dos Reis, Sérgio Furtado ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complex morphological structures; Geometric morphometrics; Morphological evolution; Thin plate splines; Thrichomys apereoides

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; THRICHOMYS APEREOIDES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MANDIBLE; RODENT;

ANIMALS; MANDIBLE; RODENTIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034350324     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635159950127394     Document Type: Article

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