Decoupling Functional and Morphological Convergence, the Study Case of Fossorial Mammalia

Decoupling Functional and Morphological Convergence, the Study Case of Fossorial Mammalia

Morphological similarity between biological structures in phylogenetically distant species is usually regarded as evidence of convergent evolution. Yet, phenotypic similarity is not always a sign of natural selection acting on a particular trait, therefore adaptation to similar conditions may fail t...

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Main Authors: Gabriele Sansalone, Silvia Castiglione, Pasquale Raia, Michael Archer, Blake Dickson, Suzanne Hand, Paolo Piras, Antonio Profico, Stephen Wroe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
Subjects:
humerus
fossorial mammals
finite elements analysis
geometric morphometrics
convergence
RRphylo
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2020.00112/full

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