Water constraints drive allometric patterns in the body shape of tree frogs.

ABSTRACT: The origin of morphological diversity is a critical question in evolutionary biology. Interactions between the environment and developmental processes have determining roles in morphological diversity, creating patterns through space and over time. Also, the shape of organisms tends to vary with increasing size as a result of those developmental processes, known as allometry. Several studies have demonstrated that the body sizes of anurans are associated with hydric conditions in their environments and that localities with high water stress tend to select for larger individuals. However, how environmental conditions alter those patterns of covariance between size and shape is still elusive. We used 3D geometric morphometric analyses, associated with phylogenetic comparative methods, to det

SUBMITTER: Castro KMSA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7806824 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature