The evolution of modularity in the mammalian skull II: Evolutionary consequences

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 136-148

  Marroig, Gabriel ^a   Shirai, Leila T ^a   Porto, Arthur ^a   de Oliveira, Felipe B ^a   de Conto, Valderes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Constraints; Evolutionary flexibility; Evolvability; Morphological integration; Selection

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 64449083917     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-009-9051-1     Document Type: Article

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