Relationship between bone grow thrate and bone tissue organization in amniotes: first test of Amprino's rule in a phylogenetic context

Animal Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-41

  Montes, Laëtitia ^a,b   Castanet, Jacques ^a   Cubo, Jorge ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Sorbonne Universités   (France)

Author keywords

amniotes; Bone histology; bone vascularity; least squares parsimony; phylogenetic comparative method; phylogenetically independent contrasts; variation partitioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052671631     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: 15707563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075610X12610595764093     Document Type: Article

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