Did natural selection or genetic drift produce the cranial diversification of neotropical monkeys?

American Naturalist

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 417-428

  Marroig, Gabriel ^a   Cheverud, James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Evolutionary processes; Morphological evolution; Platyrrhini; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CRANIUM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DRIFT; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOLOGY; PLATYRRHINI; SKULL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; PLATYRRHINI; SELECTION (GENETICS); SELECTION, GENETIC; SKULL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

MAMMALIA; MARTES PENNANTI; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES;

EID: 1842812729     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381693     Document Type: Article

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