… of tetrapods and the rates of phenotypic (morphological) evolution leading to the acquisition
of the tetrapod body plan… evolution 24 and analysing it using important advances on relaxed …

… of evolutionary change between the Devonian and the Early Carboniferous (Ruta et al. 2006).
The initial peak of morphological evolution … Decreased rates of morphological evolution in …

… Hence, the shapes as well as sizes of individual bones are evolving in the early tetrapod …
describe the morphological evolution of this bone in all portions of the early tetrapod phylogeny. …

… rates of morphological change not only early in tetrapod evolution, but … of morphological
change among Palaeozoic tetrapods. First, empirical evidence suggests that the morphological …

… of Functional and Evolutionary Morphology in 1998 and thus for giving me the opportunity
to begin my research on the anatomy, functional morphology, phylogeny and evolution of …

… stands to further broaden our understanding of limb development and morphological
evolution. How does evolution tinker with highly pleiotropic pathways to modify the limb without …

… marine tetrapod macroecology, morphology, and even alpha taxonomy. New discoveries
and new techniques are helping to frame and test hypotheses about marine tetrapod evolution. …

… In this article the evolution of tetrapod limbs is discussed from a morphological and
developmental point of view. In accordance with the majority view (Andrews and Westoll, ’68; …

… We find no evidence for significant changes in the rate of morphological evolution across …
Rather, key shifts in the rates of morphological evolution are localised within subclades, and …

… major evolutionary transition: the origin of tetrapods. The plasticity of ancient fish might have
provided the variation necessary to allow the evolution … The differences in bone morphology …