Structural Constraints in the Evolution of the Tetrapod Skull Complexity: Williston’s Law Revisited Using Network Models

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  2013

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  Evolutionary biology

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  2013-06-01

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  Biology

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  DOI 10.1007/s11692-012-9200-9
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