The effect of miniaturized body size on skeletal morphology in frogs

Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 628-641

  Yeh, Jennifer ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anurans; Development; Evolution; Miniaturization; Osteology; Vertebrate morphology

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FROG; MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036221662     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01372.x     Document Type: Article

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