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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"evolutionary morphology"”.
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Ontogeny and evolutionary morphology of the skeleton in frogs
… between ontogeny and the evolution of skeletal morphology in frogs. In the first part of this dissertation, I examine the evolution of skull development in pipoid frogs, a group that is exceptional in both morphology and life history. Two methods are used. First, skull bone ossification …
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Embryology and the evolutionary synthesis: Waddington, development and genetics
The role of embryology, genetics and morphology within mid twentieth century evolution theory, is discussed in the context of the growth to dominance of natural selection as the orthodox mechanism of adaptive evolution. The unification of neo-Mendelian heredity and neo-Darwinian selection theory, …
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Evolutionary dynamics of the hominin pelvis
… of evolution. As such, the particulars of the evolutionary dynamics that underlie morphological change are generally unknown. This study attempts to fill that void by applying evolutionary quantitative genetic theory and methods to the study of hominin pelvic evolution. There are three sets of …
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Bat Skull Evolution: the Impact of Echolocation
… A strong association between bat skull morphology and feeding behaviour has been suggested previously (in particular for the Phyllostomidae family). Morphological variation related to other drivers of adaptation (in particular echolocation) remains understudied. In this thesis, I …