Morphometric integration and modularity in configurations of landmarks: Tools for evaluating a priori hypotheses

Evolution and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 405-421

  Klingenberg, Christian Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FLY; MORPHOMETRY; RODENT; TESTING METHOD; WING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FORELIMB; MANDIBLE; MOUSE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MANDIBLE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WING;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 67649986245     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2009.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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