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Rates of morphological evolution, asymmetry and morphological integration of shell shape in scallops.
BMC evolutionary biology - 8 Dec 2017
Sherratt Emma, Serb Jeanne M, Adams Dean C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Rates of morphological evolution vary across different taxonomic groups, and this has been proposed as one of the main drivers for the great diversity of organisms on Earth. Of the extrinsic factors pertaining to this variation, ecological hypotheses feature prominently in observed differences in phenotypic evolutionary rates across lineages. But complex organisms are inherently modular, comprising...
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