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Neomorphosis and heterochrony of skull shape in dog domestication

The overall similarity of the skull shape of some dog breeds with that of juvenile wolves begs the question if and how ontogenetic changes such as paedomorphosis (evolutionary juvenilisation) played a role in domestication. Here we test for changes in patterns of development and growth during dog do...

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Autores principales: Geiger, Madeleine, Evin, Allowen, Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R., Gascho, Dominic, Mainini, Cornelia, Zollikofer, Christoph P. E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5647425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29044203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12582-2