Article
Morphological integration of the head capsule in the millipede Megaphyllum unilineatum (C. L. Koch, 1838) (Diplopoda: Julida): can different modules be recognized?
Zoology (Jena, Germany) - 1 Dec 2021
Vujić Vukica, Ilić Bojan, Lučić Luka, Tomić Vladimir, Jovanović Zvezdana, Pavković-Lučić Sofija, Makarov Slobodan
Abstract excerpt
Covariation of multiple morphological traits and modularity have been widely studied in the field of evolutionary developmental biology. Subunits of a morphological structure can evolve separately from each other in a modular fashion. The aims of our study therefore were: i) to test the hypothesis of modularity in the dorsal part of the head capsule and the gnathochilarium separately during late postembryogenesis...
Topics
- Animals
- Arthropods
- Biological Evolution
- Head
- Morphogenesis
- Phenotype