Patterns of covariation in the masticatory apparatus of hystricognathous rodents: Implications for evolution and diversification

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 273, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1319-1337

  Hautier, Lionel ^a   Lebrun, Renaud ^b,c   Cox, Philip G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Covariation; Hystricognaths; Masticatory apparatus; Morphometry; Orbit orientation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; EYE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; MANDIBLE; ORBIT; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RODENT; SKULL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIET; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EYE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MANDIBLE; ORBIT; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RODENTIA; SKULL;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84869092290     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20061     Document Type: Article

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