Australian rodents reveal conserved Cranial Evolutionary Allometry across 10 million years of murid evolution
A. E. Marcy, T. Guillerme, E. Sherratt, K. C. Rowe, M. J. Phillips, V. Weisbecker
The paper analyzes cranial allometry in Australian rodents over 10 million years, finding conserved allometric patterns despite ecological diversity, with some exceptions in specialized diets.
bioRxiv · Apr 30, 2020Evolutionary Biology