Evolutionary innovations are scattered throughout the tree of life, and have allowed the
organisms that possess them to occupy novel adaptive zones. While the impacts of these …

The association between phenotype and ecology is essential for understanding the
environmental drivers of morphological evolution. This is a particularly challenging task …

The mammalian order Carnivora is characterized by a broad taxonomic and ecological
diversity. By using a large sample of extant species, we tested the impact of ecological …

Studies of differences in modularity and integration among the related species can provide
important information on their evolution. We argue that evolutionary changes in the …

This article investigates a form of rank deficiency in phenotypic covariance matrices derived
from geometric morphometric data, and its impact on measures of phenotypic integration …

Previous reports have shown an effect of historical legacy on patterns of growth of the
mammal skull. The knowledge of developmental patterns of the marsupial skull are …

Understanding complex morphological shape differences has been revolutionized by the
marriage of three-dimensional morphometric techniques and micro-computed tomography …

This special issue of the Journal of Mammalian Evolution represents the proceedings from a
symposium held in conjunction with the XXXI Jornadas Argentinas de Mastozoología …

Simple Summary Morphological modules are structures that have components which covary
strongly, but that in turn are relatively independent of other modules, while morphological …

The concepts of integration and modularity refer to the degree of covariation between the
components of a biological structure. Components that covariate strongly, but are relatively …