- Titre du projet
- Morphological evolution and modularity of early tetrapods and amphibians
- Descriptif du projet
- The aim of the project is to construct and analyse a large phenomic dataset for the study of morphological evolution and modularity through the amphibian lineage. The dataset will consist of 3D surface morphometric data for extant and fossil amphibian crania and limbs. This morphological data will be analysed to determine how modularity (subsets of strongly correlated traits) influences patterns and processes of amphibian evolution and how it interacts with extrinsic factors such as large scale biotic events. Disparity (morphological diversity) and rates of evolution will be determined using a phylogenetic framework and these can be compared across the three amphibian clades, as well as relating these to phenotypic integration (correlations between traits).
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