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A modular framework characterizes micro- and macroevolution of old world monkey dentitions.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jan 2013
Grieco Theresa M, Rizk Oliver T, Hlusko Leslea J
Abstract excerpt
The study of modularity can provide a foundation for integrating development into studies of phenotypic evolution. The dentition is an ideal phenotype for this as it is developmentally relatively simple, adaptively highly significant, and evolutionarily tractable through the fossil record. Here, we use phenotypic variation in the dentition to test a hypothesis about genetic modularity. Quantitative genetic...
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