Browsing Department of Biology by Subject "Geometric morphometrics"
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Learning to Swim: An Exploration of the Terrestrial to Aquatic Transition in Elapids (Squamata: Elapidae)
(2021-12-20)Elapidae is an extremely diverse family of venomous snake that have a nearly global distribution. To conquer such wide swaths of territory the initially fossorial snakes evolved many successful strategies pertaining to ... -
PHENOTYPIC EVOLUTION OF MIDDLE AMERICAN TREE FROGS: ALLOMETRIC EFFECTS, AND LARVAL AND ADULT EVOLUTIONARY INDEPENDENCE
(2016-10-25)The shape and size of vertebrates is shaped by adaptive processes and phylogenetic relationships, and constrained by mechanical and developmental constraints. We quantified the diversity of the skull using geometric ...