Morphological variability and evolution of the baculum (os penis) in Mustelidae (Carnivora)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 673-690

  Baryshnikov, Gennady F ^a   Bininda Emonds, Olaf R P ^b,c   Abramov, Alexei V ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometry; Baculum; Independent contrasts; Morphology; Mustelidae; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; MUSTELID; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

BACULUM; CARNIVORA; EIRA BARBARA; GALICTIS; GULO GULO; ICTONYX; MARTES; MELLIVORA CAPENSIS; MUSTELA; MUSTELIDAE; VORMELA PEREGUSNA;

EID: 0038384509     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0673:MVAEOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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