Theoretical morphology of tetrapod skull networks

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-50

  Esteve Altava, Borja ^a   Rasskin Gutman, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Constraint; Evolution; Generative morphospace; Growth rules; Networks; Tetrapod skull; Theoretical morphology

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GROWTH RESPONSE; MORPHOLOGY; SKULL; SYMMETRY; TETRAPOD;

TETRAPODA;

EID: 84892364890     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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