Size, shape, and form: concepts of allometry in geometric morphometrics

CP Klingenberg - Development genes and evolution, 2016 - Springer
Allometry refers to the size-related changes of morphological traits and remains an essential
concept for the study of evolution and development. This review is the first systematic …

[PDF][PDF] Cranial integration and modularity: insights into evolution and development from morphometric data

CP Klingenberg - Hystrix, 2013 - iris.unimore.it
Morphological integration and modularity have become central concepts in evolutionary
biology and geometric morphometrics. This review summarizes the most frequently used …

Methods for studying allometry in geometric morphometrics: a comparison of performance

CP Klingenberg - Evolutionary Ecology, 2022 - Springer
Allometry has been the focus of growing interest in studies using geometric morphometric
methods to address a wide range of research questions at the interface of ecology and …

Morphological integration between the cranial base and the face in children and adults

N Gkantidis, DJ Halazonetis - Journal of Anatomy, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The primary aim of the present study was to assess morphological covariation between the
face and the basicranium (midline and lateral), and to evaluate patterns of integration at two …

Ontogenetic and static allometry in the skull and cranial units of nine-banded armadillos (Cingulata: Dasypodidae: Dasypus novemcinctus)

K Le Verger, L Hautier, J Bardin… - Biological Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
A large part of extant and past mammalian morphological diversity is related to variation in
size through allometric effects. Previous studies suggested that craniofacial allometry is the …

Developmental covariation of human vault and base throughout postnatal ontogeny

J Barbeito-Andrés, F Ventrice, M Anzelmo… - Annals of Anatomy …, 2015 - Elsevier
In the present study, we analyzed postnatal ontogenetic integration among morphological
traits of the human neurocranium. Particularly, the covariation between the vault and the …

Deficiency of zebrafish fgf20a results in aberrant skull remodeling that mimics both human cranial disease and evolutionarily important fish skull morphologies

WJ Cooper, RM Wirgau, EM Sweet… - Evolution & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The processes that direct skull remodeling are of interest to both human‐oriented studies of
cranial dysplasia and evolutionary studies of skull divergence. There is increasing …

The London Atlas: developing an atlas of tooth development and testing its quality and performance measures

SJ AlQahtani - 2012 - qmro.qmul.ac.uk
Aim: To develop a comprehensive, validated, evidence based, practical, user-friendly atlas
of dental age estimation and compare its performance with two widely used atlases …

Timing of Ectocranial Suture Activity in Pan troglodytes as Related to Cranial Volume and Dental Eruption

J Cray Jr, MP Mooney, MI Siegel - The Anatomical Record …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Research has shown that Pan and Homo have similar ectocranial suture synostosis patterns
possibly because of their phylogenetic relationship. However, unlike human data, it is …

Comparison of prenatal and postnatal ontogeny: cranial allometry in the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio)

LAB Wilson - Journal of mammalogy, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The relationship between prenatal and postnatal ontogenetic allometry is poorly known, and
empirical studies documenting prenatal allometry are few, precluding an understanding of …