Evolutionary rates and stabilizing selection in large-bodied opossum skulls (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 181-189

  Lemos, Bernardo ^a   Marroig, Gabriel ^a   Cerqueira, Rui ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adaptive landscapes; Marsupialia; Neutral rates; Phenotypic evolution; Stabilizing selection

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; MARSUPIAL; SELECTION; SKULL;

EID: 0034770231     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095283690100125X     Document Type: Article

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