Structural Constraints in the Evolution of the Tetrapod Skull Complexity: Williston's Law Revisited Using Network Models

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 209-219

  Esteve Altava, Borja ^a   Marugán Lobón, Jesús ^b   Botella, Héctor ^c   Rasskin Gutman, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Constraints; Morphological complexity; Network theory; Tetrapod skull

Indexed keywords

TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84878107521     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-012-9200-9     Document Type: Article

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