Rate of evolutionary change in cranial morphology of the marsupial genus Monodelphis is constrained by the availability of additive genetic variation

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 973-985

  Porto, A ^a   Sebastiao H ^b   Pavan, S E ^c,d   Vandeberg, J L ^e   Marroig, G ^b   Cheverud, J M ^f  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Constraints; Mammals; Morphospace; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARSUPIAL; MORPHOLOGY;

MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS; MONODELPHIS BREVICAUDATA; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; MONODELPHIS; SKULL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; MONODELPHIS; SKULL;

EID: 84946168378     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12628     Document Type: Article

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