Skull modularity in neotropical marsupials and monkeys: Size variation and evolutionary constraint and flexibility

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 314 B, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 663-683

  Shirai, Leila T ^a   Marroig, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; OPOSSUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; SKULL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; OPOSSUMS; PRIMATES; SKULL; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

DIDELPHIDAE; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 78649663182     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21367     Document Type: Article

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