Post-natal ontogeny of the mandible and ventral cranium in Marmota species (Rodentia, Sciuridae): Allometry and phylogeny

Zoomorphology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 189-203

  Cardini, Andrea ^a,b   O'Higgins, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometric trajectories; Mandible ventral cranium; Masticatory muscles epigenetics constraints; Phylogenetic signal; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

MARMOTA; MARMOTA CALIGATA; MARMOTA CAUDATA; MARMOTA FLAVIVENTRIS; MARMOTA HIMALAYANA; MARMOTA MARMOTA; MARMOTA MONAX; NEARCTIC; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 27744518001     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-005-0008-3     Document Type: Article

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