Inferring adaptation within shape diversity of the humerus of subterranean rodent Ctenomys

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 353-367

  Steiner Souza, Francisco ^a   De Freitas, Thales R O ^a   Cordeiro Estrela, Pedro ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Life underground; Myoskeletal system; Phenotypic evolution; Statistical shape analysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BONE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; OSTEOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; RELATEDNESS; RODENT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SKULL; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

BRAZIL;

CTENOMYS; CTENOMYS FLAMARIONI; CTENOMYS LAMI; CTENOMYS MINUTUS; CTENOMYS TORQUATUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77954124425     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01400.x     Document Type: Article

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