Reduced phenotypic covariation in marsupial limbs and the implications for mammalian evolution

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-36

  Kelly, E Mckenna ^a   Sears, Karen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Covariance; Development; Forelimb; Functional constraints; Hindlimb; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIMB; MARSUPIAL; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA;

EID: 78650039608     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01561.x     Document Type: Article

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