ArticleEcology and evolution2017
Evolution of a complex phenotype with biphasic ontogeny: Contribution of development versus function and climatic variation to skull modularity in toads.
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- Flexible conservatism in the skull modularity of convergently evolved myrmecophagous placental mammals.BMC ecology and evolution · 2022Article
- Development and function explain the modular evolution of phalanges in gecko lizards.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Morphological evolution and modularity of the caecilian skull.BMC evolutionary biology · 2019Article
- Shape Covariation (or the Lack Thereof) Between Vertebrae and Other Skeletal Traits in Felids: The Whole is Not Always Greater than the Sum of Parts.Evolutionary biology · 2018Article
- The modular organization of roe deer (Frontiers in zoology · 2018Article
- Evolution of a complex phenotype with biphasic ontogeny: Contribution of development versus function and climatic variation to skull modularity in toads.Ecology and evolution · 2017Article
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Abstract
The theory of morphological integration and modularity predicts that if functional correlations among traits are relevant to mean population fitness, the genetic basis of development will be molded by stabilizing selection to match functional patterns. Yet, how much functional interactions actually shape the fitness landscape is still an open question. We used the anuran skull as a model of a complex phenotype for which we can separate developmental and functional modularity. We hypothesized that functional modularity associated to functional demands of the adult skull would overcome developmental modularity associated to bone origin at the larval phase because metamorphosis would erase the developmental signal. We tested this hypothesis in toad species of the
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