Size and shape changes in the skull accompanying speciation of South American spiny rats (Rodentia: Proechimys spp.)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 253, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 537-547

  Corti, Marco ^a   Aguilera, Marisol ^b   Capanna, Ernesto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Chromosomal speciation; Geometric morphometrics; Proechimys

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; RODENT; SKULL; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034920647     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836901000498     Document Type: Article

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