Early evolutionary differentiation of morphological variation in the mandible of South American caviomorph rodents (Rodentia, Caviomorpha)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2687-2695

  Alvarez A ^a,b   Perez, S I ^a,b   Verzi, D H ^a,b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Caviomorph rodents; Evolutionary history; Fossil record; Geometric morphometrics; Mandibular morphology; Phylogenetic comparative methods

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DIVERGENCE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOMETRY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORPHOLOGY; OLIGOCENE; RODENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; MANDIBLE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MANDIBLE; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RODENTIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CAVIOMORPHA; RODENTIA;

EID: 81155151481     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02395.x     Document Type: Article

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