… Understanding why rates of morphological evolution vary is a major goal in evolutionary …
decrease rates of evolution. Here, we investigate correlates of proportional evolutionary rates in …

… and functionally related traits are highly integrated in the phenotype. Environmental
factors affecting cranial morphology also show a relatively high degree of developmental and …

… The prime examples of diet shaping cranial morphology in birds are from island … evolution
of cranial morphology in the present analysis. Recent research concluding beak morphology is …

… may act as targets for evolutionary change in cranial morphology. Nevertheless, it is evident
that correct suture function is critical for normal craniofacial development and functioning. …

… individual regions of the cranium is important for two main reasons. Firstly, any action of past
selection is likely to have only affected specific aspects of cranial morphology (and perhaps …

… Furthermore, the cranium of carnivores is more limited to evolve toward durophagy than the
mandible, perhaps because cranial morphology is a compromise between different functions …

… The evolution of the human cranial morphology is finally represented by a mosaic and
complex process, in which similar heterochronic changes, allometric relationships, and modular …

… evolution of a given phenotype. Among the predictions of the neutral theory of phenotypic
evolution are the rates of evolution … genetic variation and phenotypic variation within a species. …

… diversity of cranial morphology and directly compare support for a broad range of alternative
patterns of modularity, as in recent studies of mammalian (eg, [28]) and avian [19] crania. …

… not so much with the evolution of cranial morphology in the New World monkeys as with
the potential evolution of the relationships between traits. If such evolution has occurred, it has …