Integrating Integration: The Intrinsic Mechanisms and Biological Processes that Shape Patterns of Trait Covariation Over Evolutionary Time.

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One ubiquitous pattern of organismal form that has long fascinated biologists is the covariation of seemingly unrelated traits across the body. This has led many to study phenotypic integration-the tendency of a biological or developmental system to give rise to such correlations. While integration has been observed across broad phylogenetic and broad temporal scales, our understanding of the underlying...

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