Phylogenetic signal, function and integration in the subunits of the carnivoran mandible

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 465-475

  Meloro, Carlo ^a   Raia, Pasquale ^b   Carotenuto, Francesco ^b   Cobb, Samuel N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comparative methods; Macroevolution; Mandible shape; Partial least square; Predation

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 81355160577     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-011-9135-6     Document Type: Article

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