Skeletogenesis and sequence heterochrony in rodent evolution, with particular emphasis on the African striped mouse, Rhabdomys pumilio (Mammalia)

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-258

  Wilson, Laura A B ^a   Schradin, Carsten ^b,c   Mitgutsch, Christian ^a   Galliari, Fernando C ^d   Mess, Andrea ^e   Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R ^a  

^a PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Heterochrony; Intraspecific variation; Rhabdomys; Rodent; Skeletogenesis

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; RODENT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SKELETON;

CAVIOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; MUROIDEA; RHABDOMYS; RHABDOMYS PUMILIO; RODENTIA;

EID: 78649682023     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13127-010-0020-4     Document Type: Article

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