Timing of cranial suture closure in placental mammals: Phylogenetic patterns, intraspecific variation, and comparison with marsupials

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 275, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 125-140

  Rager, Lisa ^a   Hautier, Lionel ^b,c   Forasiepi, Analía ^a,d   Goswami, Anjali ^e   Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R ^a  

^a PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Growth; Heterochrony; Phylogeny; Skull; Variation

Indexed keywords

AFROTHERIA; EUARCHONTOGLIRES; EUTHERIA; LAURASIATHERIA; METATHERIA; XENARTHRA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIAL SUTURE; EVOLUTION; GROWTH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROCHRONY; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VARIATION;

EVOLUTION; GROWTH; HETEROCHRONY; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; VARIATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY PATTERNING; CLASSIFICATION; CRANIAL SUTURES; MAMMALS; MARSUPIALIA; OSTEOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84892487328     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20203     Document Type: Article

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