Testing the hypothesis of morphological integration on a skull of a vertebrate with a biphasic life cycle: A case study of the alpine newt

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 314 B, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 527-538

  Ivanović, Ana ^a   Kalezić, Miloš L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; METAMORPHOSIS; PHENOTYPE; SALAMANDRIDAE; SKULL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; SALAMANDRIDAE; SKULL; VERTEBRATES;

AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; TRITURUS ALPESTRIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955925531     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21358     Document Type: Article

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