Assessing the phylogenetic utility of sequence heterochrony: evolution of avian ossification sequences as a case study

Zoology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-66

  Maxwell, Erin E ^a   Harrison, Luke B ^b   Larsson, Hans C E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aves; Avian skeletal development; Event pairing; Parsimov based genetic inference; Phylogenetic signal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; BONE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BONE AND BONES; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSTEOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY;

AVES;

EID: 76449113725     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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