Canalization, developmental stability, and morphological integration in primate limbs

Yearbook of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2002, Pages 131-158

  Hallgrímsson, Benedikt ^a   Willmore, Katherine ^a   Hall, Brian K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Covariation; Developmental instability; Limb development; Mammals; Modularity; Mouse; Primates; Serial homology; Variability

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIMB; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIMATE; RHESUS MONKEY; TRENDS;

ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTREMITIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MACACA MULATTA; MICE; PHENOTYPE; PRIMATES;

EID: 84930065113     PISSN: 0096848X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10182     Document Type: Article

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