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Effects of environmental perturbations during postnatal development on the phenotypic integration of the skull.
Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution - 15 Dec 2011
Gonzalez Paula Natalia, Oyhenart Evelia Edith, Hallgrímsson Benedikt
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Integration and modularity are fundamental determinants of how natural selection effects evolutionary change in complex multivariate traits. Interest in the study of the specific developmental basis of integration through experimental approaches is fairly recent and it has mainly focused on its genetic determinants. In this study, we present evidence that postnatal environmental perturbations can modify the...
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