Quantitative Genetics and Modularity in Cranial and Mandibular Morphology of Calomys expulsus

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 619-636

  Garcia, Guilherme ^a   Hingst Zaher, Erika ^c   Cerqueira, Rui ^b   Marroig, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cheverud s Conjecture; G matrix; Genotype phenotype map; Modularity; Morphological integration

Indexed keywords

CALOMYS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 85027940710     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: 19342845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-014-9293-4     Document Type: Article

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