Ontogenetic origins of cranial convergence between the extinct marsupial thylacine and placental gray wolf

Newton et al. use microCT data and geometric morphometric analyses to explore the processes underlying the convergently evolved skulls of thylacine and gray wolf. Similarities in growth trajectory are contrasted by differential developmental event timing, with origins of morphometric similarity cons...

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Main Authors: Axel H. Newton, Vera Weisbecker, Andrew J. Pask, Christy A. Hipsley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01569-x