Large-scale diversification of skull shape in domestic dogs: Disparity and modularity

American Naturalist

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-301

  Drake, Abby Grace ^a   Klingenberg, Christian Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canis familiaris; Carnivora; Geometric morphometrics; Morphological integration; Novelty; Selection

Indexed keywords

CANID; CARNIVORE; DOMESTIC SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MORPHOMETRY; NATURAL SELECTION; NEUROLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SKULL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COYOTE; DOG; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; JACKAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL; WOLF;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COYOTES; DOGS; JACKALS; SKULL; WOLVES;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARNIVORA;

EID: 77949511896     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650372     Document Type: Article

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