Individual variation of the masticatory system dominates 3D skull shape in the herbivory-adapted marsupial wombats

Within-species skull shape variation of marsupial mammals is widely considered low and strongly size-dependent (allometric), possibly due to developmental constraints arising from the altricial birth of marsup...

Source: Frontiers in Zoology - November 1, 2019 Category: Zoology Authors: Vera Weisbecker, Thomas Guillerme, Cruise Speck, Emma Sherratt, Hyab Mehari Abraha, Alana C. Sharp, Claire E. Terhune, Simon Collins, Stephen Johnston and Olga Panagiotopoulou Tags: Research Source Type: research