Evolution of scapula size and shape in didelphid marsupials (DidelphimorphiA: Didelphidae)

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2438-2456

  Astúa, Diego ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Marsupials; Morphological evolution; Shoulder girdle

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BODY SIZE; BONE; LOCOMOTION; MARSUPIAL; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPOSSUM; PHYLOGENY; SCAPULA;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPOSSUMS; PHYLOGENY; SCAPULA;

ANIMALIA; CHIRONECTES MINIMUS; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS;

EID: 69249189547     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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