Variability and constraint in the mammalian vertebral column

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1080-1090

  Asher, R J ^a   Lin, K H ^b   Kardjilov, N ^c   Hautier, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afrotheria; Cervical; Evolution; Lumbar; Ribs; Skeleton; Thoracic; Vertebrae; Xenarthra

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLADISTICS; DATA SET; EMBRYO; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; NEONATE; SKELETON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FETUS; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; NEWBORN; PHYLOGENY; SPINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FETUS; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPINE;

AFROTHERIA; EDENTATA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; XENARTHRA;

EID: 79955012722     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02240.x     Document Type: Article

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