Similar rates of morphological evolution in domesticated and wild pigs and dogs

Similar rates of morphological evolution in domesticated and wild pigs and dogs

Abstract Background Whether the great morphological disparity of domesticated forms is the result of uniformly higher evolutionary rates compared to the wild populations is debated. We provide new data on changes of skull dimensions within historical time periods in wild and domesticated dogs and pi...

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Main Authors: Madeleine Geiger, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Zoology
Subjects:
Evolutionary rate
Darwins
Haldanes
Domestication
Mammals
Canis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12983-018-0265-x

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