To assess the genetic basis of the skull shape variation and morphological integration in mice, we have used a tool based on the cross between the distantly related mouse species Mus spretus (SEG/Pas ...

Quantitative approaches are used increasingly in evolutionary developmental biology ('evo-devo'). In particular, geometric morphometrics is widely used to quantify the shape of organisms or their ...

The demand that anatomical structures work together to perform biological functions is thought to impose strong limits on morphological evolution. Breakthroughs in diversification can occur, however, ...