Size and Shape

In this topical collection (12 articles)

1. 

   Original Article

   The evolution of relative trait size and shape: insights from the genitalia of dung beetles

   Harald F. Parzer, P. David Polly, Armin P. Moczek Pages 83-93

2. Editorial

   Size and shape—integration of morphometrics, mathematical modelling, developmental and evolutionary biology

   Nikola-Michael Prpic, Nico Posnien Pages 109-112

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3. Review

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

   Christian Peter Klingenberg Pages 113-137

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4. 

   Review

   Measurement error in geometric morphometrics

   Carmelo Fruciano Pages 139-158

5. 

   Original Article

   The sex-limited effects of mutations in the EGFR and TGF-β signaling pathways on shape and size sexual dimorphism and allometry in the Drosophila wing

   Nicholas D. Testa, Ian Dworkin Pages 159-171

6. Original Article

   Craniofacial shape transition across the house mouse hybrid zone: implications for the genetic architecture and evolution of between-species differences

   Luisa F. Pallares, Leslie M. Turner, Diethard Tautz Pages 173-186

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   Original Article

   Modularity and developmental stability in segmented animals: variation in translational asymmetry in geophilomorph centipedes

   Yoland Savriama, Marco Vitulo, Sylvain Gerber… Pages 187-196

8. 

   Original Article

   Multivariate heritability of shape in June sucker (Chasmistes liorus) and Utah sucker (Catostomus ardens): shape as a functional trait for discriminating closely related species

   Mark C. Belk, G. Bruce Schaalje Pages 197-207

9. Review

   The insect central complex as model for heterochronic brain development—background, concepts, and tools

   Nikolaus Dieter Bernhard Koniszewski, Martin Kollmann… Pages 209-219

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10. Original Article

    Toward a study of gene regulatory constraints to morphological evolution of the Drosophila ocellar region

    Daniel Aguilar-Hidalgo, David Becerra-Alonso… Pages 221-233

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    Original Article

    Cellular and molecular drivers of differential organ growth: insights from the limbs of Monodelphis domestica

    Anna Dowling, Carolyn Doroba, Jennifer A. Maier… Pages 235-243

12. 

    Original Article

    Size relationships of different body parts in the three dipteran species Drosophila melanogaster, Ceratitis capitata and Musca domestica

    Natalia Siomava, Ernst A. Wimmer, Nico Posnien Pages 245-256