Clarifying how microevolutionary processes scale to macroevolutionary patterns is a
fundamental goal in evolutionary biology, but these analyses, requiring comparative …

The relationship between skull morphology and diet is a prime example of adaptive
evolution. In mammals, the skull consists of the cranium and the mandible. Although the …

Understanding and predicting the evolutionary responses of complex morphological traits to
selection remains a major challenge in evolutionary biology. Because traits are genetically …

Morphological evolution of the vertebrate skull has been explored across a wide range of
tetrapod clades using geometric morphometrics, but the application of these methods to …

Diet has been linked to the diversification of the bat superfamily Noctilionoidea, a group that
underwent an impressive ecological diversification within Mammalia. For decades, studies …

Bite force is a performance metric commonly used to link cranial morphology with dietary
ecology, as the strength of forces produced by the feeding apparatus largely constrains the …

This special issue of The Anatomical Record is inspired by and dedicated to Professor
Kunwar P. Bhatnagar, whose lifelong interests in biology, and long career studying bats …

Extreme asymmetry of the skull is one of the most distinctive traits that characterizes toothed
whales (Odontoceti, Cetacea). The origin and function of cranial asymmetry are connected …

Body size is often hypothesized to facilitate or constrain morphological diversity in the
cranial, appendicular, and axial skeletons. However, how overall body shape scales with …

An extension of neo-Darwinism, termed preassembly, states that genetic material required
for many complex traits, such as echolocation, was present long before emergence of the …