Conserved and Taxon-Specific Patterns of Phenotypic Modularity in the Mammalian Dentition.

ABSTRACT: Previous genotype:phenotype mapping of the mouse and primate dentition revealed the presence of pre- and post-canine modules in mice and anthropoid primates, as well as molar and premolar submodules in anthropoid primates. We estimated phenotypic correlation matrices for species that sample broadly across Mammalia to test the hypothesis that these modules exist across a broader range of taxa and thereby represent a conserved mammalian trait. We calculated phenotypic correlation matrices from linear dental measurements of 419 individual specimens representing 5 species from 4 mammalian orders: Artiodactyla (Odocoileus hemionus), Carnivora (Canis latrans and Ursus americanus), Didelphimorphia (Didelphis virginiana), and Primates (Colobus guereza). Our resul

SUBMITTER: Takenaka R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9191923 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature