Mosaicism, modules, and the evolution of birds: Results from a bayesian approach to the study of morphological evolution using discrete character data

Systematic Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-201

  Clarke, Julia A ^a   Middleton, Kevin M ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analyses; Birds; Flight; Fossils; Morphological data; Mosaic evolution; Quantitative methods

Indexed keywords

AVES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; EVOLUTION; FLYING; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIRDS; EVOLUTION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 54549123562     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150802022231     Document Type: Article

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