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SUBMITTER: Evans KM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5238424 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Evans Kory M KM Waltz Brandon T BT Tagliacollo Victor A VA Sidlauskas Brian L BL Albert James S JS
Scientific reports 20170116
In theory, evolutionary modularity allows anatomical structures to respond differently to selective regimes, thus promoting morphological diversification. These differences can then influence the rate and direction of phenotypic evolution among structures. Here we use geometric morphometrics and phenotypic matrix statistics to compare rates of craniofacial evolution and estimate evolvability in the face and braincase modules of a clade of teleost fishes (Gymnotiformes) and a clade of mammals (Ca ...[more]