Anuran forelimb muscle tendinous structures and their relationship with locomotor modes and habitat use.

ABSTRACT: The interaction between organisms and their environment is central in functional morphology. Differences in habitat usage may imply divergent morphology of locomotor systems; thus, detecting which morphological traits are conservative across lineages and which ones vary under environmental pressure is important in evolutionary studies. We studied internal and external morphology in 28 species of Neotropical anurans. Our aim was to determine if internal morphology (muscle and tendons) shows lower phylogenetic signal than external morphology. In addition, we wanted to know if morphology varies in relation to the habitat use and if there are different functional groups. We found differences in the degree of phylogenetic signal on the groups of traits. Interestingly, postaxial regions of the f

SUBMITTER: De Oliveira-Lagoa S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6784496 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature