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 …

State of the Amphibia 2020: A review of five years of amphibian research and existing resources

MC Womack, E Steigerwald… - Ichthyology & …, 2022 - meridian.allenpress.com
Amphibians are a clade of over 8,400 species that provide unique research opportunities
and challenges. With amphibians undergoing severe global declines, we posit that …

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 …

Evolutionary integration and modularity in the archosaur cranium

RN Felice, A Watanabe, AR Cuff… - Integrative and …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Complex structures, like the vertebrate skull, are composed of numerous elements or traits
that must develop and evolve in a coordinated manner to achieve multiple functions. The …

Diversification of the ruminant skull along an evolutionary line of least resistance

DP Rhoda, A Haber, KD Angielczyk - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Clarifying how microevolutionary processes scale to macroevolutionary patterns is a
fundamental goal in evolutionary biology, but these analyses, requiring comparative …

Evolutionary integration of the frog cranium

C Bardua, AC Fabre, M Bon, K Das, EL Stanley… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Evolutionary integration (covariation) of traits has long fascinated biologists because of its
potential to elucidate factors that have shaped morphological evolution. Studies of tetrapod …