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A developmentally descriptive method for quantifying shape in gastropod shells

The growth of snail shells can be described by simple mathematical rules. Variation in a few parameters can explain much of the diversity of shell shapes seen in nature. However, empirical studies of gastropod shell shape variation typically use geometric morphometric approaches, which do not captur...

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Autores principales: Larsson, J., Westram, A. M., Bengmark, S., Lundh, T., Butlin, R. K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7061706/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2019.0721