Morphological diversity despite isometric scaling of lever arms

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Swiderski, Donald L ^a   Zelditch, Miriam L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Allomety; Isometry; Jaws; Squirrels

Indexed keywords

MICROSCIURUS; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 77449113210     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-010-9081-8     Document Type: Article

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