Parallel episodes of phyletic dwarfism in callitrichid and cheirogaleid primates

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 810-819

  Montgomery, S H ^a,b   Mundy, N I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass; Callitrichidae; Cheirogaleidae; Dwarfism; Homo floresiensis; Nanism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPE; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CALLITRICHINAE; CHEIROGALEIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; CALLITRICHINAE; CHEIROGALEIDAE; FEMALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

CALLITHRIX PYGMAEA; CALLITRICHIDAE; CHEIROGALEIDAE; HOMO FLORESIENSIS; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 84876129457     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12097     Document Type: Article

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