Morphological modularity and assessment of developmental processes within the vole dental row (Microtus arvalis, Arvicolinae, Rodentia)

Evolution and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 302-311

  Laffont, Rémi ^a   Renvoisé, Elodie ^a   Navarro, Nicolas ^b   Alibert, Paul ^a   Montuire, Sophie ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DENTITION; FOSSIL; GENE FLOW; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RODENT; SHAPE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MORPHOGENESIS; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; MORPHOGENESIS; TOOTH;

ARVICOLINAE; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 65549134661     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2009.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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