Geometric morphometrics: recent applications to the study of evolution and development

AM Lawing, PD Polly - Journal of Zoology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The field of morphometrics is developing quickly and recent advances allow for geometric
techniques to be applied easily to many zoological problems. This paper briefly introduces …

Mammalian response to Cenozoic climatic change

JL Blois, EA Hadly - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Multiple episodes of rapid and gradual climatic changes influenced the evolution and
ecology of mammalian species and communities throughout the Cenozoic. Climatic change …

The better to eat you with: functional correlates of tooth structure in bats

SE Santana, S Strait, ER Dumont - Functional Ecology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Mammalian dental morphology and function are strongly linked to diet. Within mammals,
phyllostomid bats are the most diverse family in terms of dietary ecology and thus represent …

Morphological integration in the hominin dentition: evolutionary, developmental, and functional factors

A Gomez-Robles, PD Polly - Evolution, 2012 - academic.oup.com
As the most common and best preserved remains in the fossil record, teeth are central to our
understanding of evolution. However, many evolutionary analyses based on dental traits …

Comparison of morphometric techniques for shapes with few homologous landmarks based on machine-learning approaches to biological discrimination

B Van Bocxlaer, R Schultheiß - Paleobiology, 2010 - cambridge.org
Biometric analyses are useful tools for the study of organisms, their phylogenetic affiliation,
and the pattern and rate of their evolution. Various morphometric techniques have been …

Developmental dynamics and G-matrices: Can morphometric spaces be used to model phenotypic evolution?

PD Polly - Evolutionary biology, 2008 - Springer
Modern morphometrics, especially geometric morphometrics, is a powerful tool for modeling
the evolution and development of the phenotype. Complicated morphological …

Global completeness of the bat fossil record

TP Eiting, GF Gunnell - Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2009 - Springer
Bats are unique among mammals in their use of powered flight and their widespread
capacity for laryngeal echolocation. Understanding how and when these and other abilities …

[图书][B] Rates of evolution: a quantitative synthesis

PD Gingerich - 2019 - books.google.com
How fast is evolution, and why does it matter? The rate of evolution, and whether it is
gradual or punctuated, is a hotly debated topic among biologists and paleontologists. This …

A geometric morphometric analysis of hominin upper premolars. Shape variation and morphological integration

A Gómez-Robles, M Martinón-Torres… - Journal of Human …, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper continues the series of articles initiated in 2006 that analyse hominin dental
crown morphology by means of geometric morphometric techniques. The detailed study of …

Resampling methods in paleontology

M Kowalewski, P Novack-Gottshall - The Paleontological Society …, 2010 - cambridge.org
This chapter reviews major types of statistical resampling approaches used in paleontology.
They are an increasingly popular alternative to the classic parametric approach because …