What does modularity mean?

ML Zelditch, A Goswami - Evolution & Development, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Modularity is now generally recognized as a fundamental feature of organisms, one that may
have profound consequences for evolution. Modularity has recently become a major focus of …

The intertwined evolution and development of sutures and cranial morphology

HE White, A Goswami, AS Tucker - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Phenotypic variation across mammals is extensive and reflects their ecological
diversification into a remarkable range of habitats on every continent and in every ocean …

SlicerMorph: An open and extensible platform to retrieve, visualize and analyse 3D morphology

S Rolfe, S Pieper, A Porto, K Diamond… - Methods in Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Large‐scale digitization projects such as# ScanAllFishes and oVert are generating high‐
resolution microCT scans of vertebrates by the thousands. Data from these projects are …

Megaevolutionary dynamics and the timing of evolutionary innovation in reptiles

TR Simões, O Vernygora, MW Caldwell… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The origin of phenotypic diversity among higher clades is one of the most fundamental
topics in evolutionary biology. However, due to methodological challenges, few studies have …

High-density morphometric analysis of shape and integration: the good, the bad, and the not-really-a-problem

A Goswami, A Watanabe, RN Felice… - Integrative and …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The field of comparative morphology has entered a new phase with the rapid generation of
high-resolution three-dimensional (3D) data. With freely available 3D data of thousands of …

A practical guide to sliding and surface semilandmarks in morphometric analyses

C Bardua, RN Felice, A Watanabe… - Integrative …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Advances in imaging technologies, such as computed tomography (CT) and surface
scanning, have facilitated the rapid generation of large datasets of high-resolution three …

Mosaic evolution of the skull in labrid fishes involves differences in both tempo and mode of morphological change

O Larouche, SM Gartner, MW Westneat… - Systematic …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Modularity is a ubiquitous feature of organismal design that plays an important role in
structuring patterns of morphological diversification. Modularity can facilitate evolutionary …

The squamate tree of life

TR Simões, RA Pyron - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 2021 - BioOne
Squamates (lizards, snakes, and their kin such as amphisbaenians, or “worm lizards”)
represent the world's most diverse clade of terrestrial vertebrates with∼ 11,000 described …

Size, microhabitat, and loss of larval feeding drive cranial diversification in frogs

C Bardua, AC Fabre, J Clavel, M Bon, K Das… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Habitat is one of the most important factors shaping organismal morphology, but it may vary
across life history stages. Ontogenetic shifts in ecology may introduce antagonistic selection …

Metamorphosis shapes cranial diversity and rate of evolution in salamanders

AC Fabre, C Bardua, M Bon, J Clavel… - Nature ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
Metamorphosis is widespread across the animal kingdom and induces fundamental
changes in the morphology, habitat and resources used by an organism during its lifetime …