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skull shape

Description: The form and geometric features of the skull, studied in anatomy, developmental biology, genetics, and evolutionary research.
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A functional approach to craniology
1960 · Melvin L. Moss, Richard W. Young · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · 753
The pace of morphological change: historical transformation of skull shape in St Bernard dogs
2007 · Abby Grace Drake, Christian Peter Klingenberg · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 477
Large‐Scale Diversification of Skull Shape in Domestic Dogs: Disparity and Modularity
2010 · Abby Grace Drake, Christian Peter Klingenberg · The American Naturalist · 425
Evolutionary Covariation in Geometric Morphometric Data: Analyzing Integration, Modularity, and Allometry in a Phylogenetic Context
2013 · Christian Peter Klingenberg, Jesús Marugán-Lobón · Systematic Biology · 414
The Evolution of the Human Head
2011 · Daniel E. Lieberman · Harvard University Press eBooks · 408
Evolutionary Morphing
2006 · D.F. Wiley, N. Amenta, et al. · 391
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Skull Shapes and the Map: Craniometric Analyses in the Dispersion of Modern Homo
1989 · William W. Howells · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 376
Size as a Line of Least Evolutionary Resistance: Diet and Adaptive Morphological Radiation in New World Monkeys
2005 · Gabriel Marroig, James M. Cheverud · Evolution · 357
Evolution of skull shape in carnivores: 1. Representative modern carnivores
1981 · LEONARD B. RADINSKY · Biological Journal of the Linnean Society · 291
Phylogenetic and Environmental Components of Morphological Variation: Skull, Mandible, and Molar Shape in Marmots (marmota, Rodentia)
2005 · Radhekshmi Caumul, P. David Polly · Evolution · 281
The dog in prehistoric and early historic britain
1974 · R.A. Harcourt · Journal of Archaeological Science · 279
The relation of the temporal muscle to the form of the skull
1947 · S. L. Washburn · The Anatomical Record · 270
The effects of captivity on the morphology of captive, domesticated and feral mammals
2005 · HANNAH J. O'REGAN, ANDREW C. KITCHENER · Mammal Review · 264
Larger mammals have longer faces because of size-related constraints on skull form
2013 · Andrea Cardini, P. David Polly · Nature Communications · 248
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Premature suture closure and ectopic cranial bone in mice expressing Msx2 transgenes in the developing skull.
1995 · Y H Liu, R Kundu, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 224
Dog Behavior Co-Varies with Height, Bodyweight and Skull Shape
2013 · Paul D. McGreevy, Dana Georgevsky, et al. · PLoS ONE · 213
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Megafaunal Extinctions and the Disappearance of a Specialized Wolf Ecomorph
2007 · Jennifer A. Leonard, Carles Vilà, et al. · Current Biology · 209
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Brain growth in Down syndrome subjects 15 to 22 weeks of gestational age and birth to 60 months.
1990 · B Schmidt-Sidor, K E Wisniewski, et al. · PubMed · 201
Morphological correlates of bite force and diet in the skull and mandible of phyllostomid bats
2009 · Marcelo R. Nogueira, Adriano L. Peracchi, et al. · Functional Ecology · 198
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Evolution of the base of the brain in highly encephalized human species
2011 · Markus Bastir, Antonio Rosas, et al. · Nature Communications · 194
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Convergence and Remarkably Consistent Constraint in the Evolution of Carnivore Skull Shape
2007 · Stephen Wroe, Nicholas Milne · Evolution · 188
The Neanderthal: A new look at an old face
1986 · Yoel Rak · Journal of Human Evolution · 180
Ecomorphological diversification in squamates from conserved pattern of cranial integration
2019 · Akinobu Watanabe, Anne-Claire Fabre, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 175
Relationships between Masticatory Muscle Cross-section and Skull Shape
1984 · W.A. Weijs, B. Hillen · Journal of Dental Research · 169
Omnivory in lacertid lizards: adaptive evolution or constraint?
2004 · A. Herrel, B. Vanhooydonck, et al. · Journal of Evolutionary Biology · 158
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