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MinireviewSmall changes, big results: evolution of morphological discontinuity in mammalsRodney L Honeycutt  Natural Science Division, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California 90263-4321, USA author email corresponding author email
Journal of Biology 2008,
7:9doi:10.1186/jbiol71 Abstract
Comparative morphological and developmental studies, including a recent comparative study of tooth development among the Afrotherian mammals, are indicating the types of genetic mechanisms responsible for the evolution of morphological differences among major mammalian groups. |