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Individual variation of the masticatory system dominates 3D skull shape in the herbivory-adapted marsupial wombats

BACKGROUND: Within-species skull shape variation of marsupial mammals is widely considered low and strongly size-dependent (allometric), possibly due to developmental constraints arising from the altricial birth of marsupials. However, species whose skulls are impacted by strong muscular stresses –...

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Autores principales: Weisbecker, Vera, Guillerme, Thomas, Speck, Cruise, Sherratt, Emma, Abraha, Hyab Mehari, Sharp, Alana C., Terhune, Claire E., Collins, Simon, Johnston, Stephen, Panagiotopoulou, Olga
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6824091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31695725
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-019-0338-5