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Evolution of sexual dimorphism of wing shape in the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup by Gidaszewski, Nelly A, Baylac, Michel, Klingenberg, Christian Peter

“…Sexual dimorphism of body size has been the subject of numerous studies, but few have examined sexual shape dimorphism (SShD) and its evolution. Allometry, the…”
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Does shape co‐variation between the skull and the mandible have functional consequences? A 3D approach for a 3D problem by Cornette, Raphaël, Baylac, Michel, Souter, Thibaud, Herrel, Anthony

“…Morpho‐functional patterns are important drivers of phenotypic diversity given their importance in a fitness‐related context. Although modularity of the…”
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Comprehensive evolutionary analysis of the Anthroherpon radiation (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Leptodirini) by Njunjić, Iva, Perrard, Adrien, Hendriks, Kasper, Schilthuizen, Menno, Perreau, Michel, Merckx, Vincent, Baylac, Michel, Deharveng, Louis

“…The genus Anthroherpon Reitter, 1889 exhibits the most pronounced troglomorphic characters among Coleoptera, and represents one of the most spectacular…”
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Geometric morphometric discrimination of the three African honeybee subspecies Apis mellifera intermissa, A. m. sahariensis and A. m. capensis (Hymenoptera, Apidae): Fore wing and hind wing landmark configurations by Barour, Choukri, Baylac, Michel

“…In this study, a landmark-based geometric morphometric analysis was carried out on three honeybee subspecies: Apis mellifera intermissa and Apis mellifera…”
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Both geometric morphometric and microsatellite data consistently support the differentiation of the Apis mellifera M evolutionary branch by Miguel, Irati, Baylac, Michel, Iriondo, Mikel, Manzano, Carmen, Garnery, Lionel, Estonba, Andone

“…Traditional morphometrics, allozymes, and mitochondrial data have supported a close relationship between the M branch subspecies A. m. iberiensis and the North…”
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Geographic variation of melanisation patterns in a hornet species: genetic differences, climatic pressures or aposematic constraints? by Perrard, Adrien, Arca, Mariangela, Rome, Quentin, Muller, Franck, Tan, Jiangli, Bista, Sanjaya, Nugroho, Hari, Baudoin, Raymond, Baylac, Michel, Silvain, Jean-François, Carpenter, James M, Villemant, Claire

“…Coloration of stinging insects is often based on contrasted patterns of light and black pigmentations as a warning signal to predators. However, in many social…”
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Morphological drivers of trophic cascades by Renneville, Clémentine, Rouzic, Arnaud Le, Baylac, Michel, Millot, Alexis, Loisel, Stéphane, Edeline, Eric

“…Worldwide, local anthropogenic extinctions have recently been reported to induce trophic cascades, defined as perturbations of top consumers that propagate…”
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Specific information levels in relation to fragmentation patterns of shrew mandibles: do fragments tell the same story? by Cornette, Raphaël, Herrel, Anthony, Stoetzel, Emmanuelle, Moulin, Sibyle, Hutterer, Rainer, Denys, Christiane, Baylac, Michel

“…Archaeological or paleontological remains are often broken and consequently cannot be used as complete specimens, especially for species identification…”
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A three‐dimensional axis for the study of femoral neck orientation by Bonneau, Noémie, Libourel, Paul‐Antoine, Simonis, Caroline, Puymerail, Laurent, Baylac, Michel, Tardieu, Christine, Gagey, Olivier

“…A common problem in the quantification of the orientation of the femoral neck is the difficulty to determine its true axis; however, this axis is typically…”
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Nasal bone shape is under complex epistatic genetic control in mouse interspecific recombinant congenic strains by Burgio, Gaétan, Baylac, Michel, Heyer, Evelyne, Montagutelli, Xavier

“…Genetic determinism of cranial morphology in the mouse is still largely unknown, despite the localization of putative QTLs and the identification of genes…”
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INTERSPECIFIC PATTERNS OF SKULL VARIATION BETWEEN SYMPATRIC BRAZILIAN VESPER MICE: GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS ASSESSMENT by Cordeiro-Estrela, Pedro, Baylac, Michel, Denys, Christiane, Marinho-Filho, Jader

“…Sympatric species of vesper mice (Calomys expulsus and C. tener) from the Cerrado biome are often distinguished by their respective sizes. Using geometric…”
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Geometric morphometrics, neural networks and diagnosis of sibling Taterillus species (Rodentia, Gerbillinae) by DOBIGNY, GAUTHIER, BAYLAC, MICHEL, DENYS, CHRISTIANE

“…The lack of diagnostic traits in sibling species means that great quantities of biogeographical and ecological data held in museum collections cannot be…”
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Extant and fossil Equus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) skulls: a morphometric definition of the subgenus Equus by Eisenmann, Véra, Baylac, Michel

“…A sample of 225 skulls belonging to all extant species of Equus and of 33 fossil skulls of ages comprised between 3.4 Ma and 0.7 Ma was studied by multivariate…”
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Cranial morphometric and fine scale genetic variability of two adjacentMastomys natalensis (Rodentia: Muridae) populations by Lalis Aude, Baylac Michel, Cosson, Jean François, Makundi Rhodes H, Machang’u Robert S, Denys Christiane

“…The objective of this multidisciplinary project was to study the intra-specific morphometric and genetic variability between two adjacent populations…”
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Functional integrative analysis of the human hip joint: The three-dimensional orientation of the acetabulum and its relation with the orientation of the femoral neck by Bonneau, Noémie, Baylac, Michel, Gagey, Olivier, Tardieu, Christine

“…In humans, the hip joint occupies a central place in the locomotor system, as it plays an important role in body support and the transmission of the forces…”
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Stone Tool Forms and Functions: A Morphometric Analysis of Modern Humans' Stone Tools From Song Terus Cave (Java, Indonesia) by Borel, A., Cornette, R., Baylac, M.

“…Stone industries from the beginning of the Holocene of South‐East Asia are difficult to characterize typo‐technologically. We apply modern morphometrics to…”
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Exploration of the genetic organization of morphological modularity on the mouse mandible using a set of interspecific recombinant congenic strains between C57BL/6 and mice of the Mus spretus species by Burgio, Gaëtan, Baylac, Michel, Heyer, Evelyne, Montagutelli, Xavier

“…Morphological integration and modularity within semi-autonomous modules are essential mechanisms for the evolution of morphological traits. However, the…”
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Shrews of the genus Crocidura from El Harhoura 2 (Témara, Morocco): The contribution of broken specimens to the understanding of Late Pleistocene–Holocene palaeoenvironments in North Africa by Cornette, Raphaël, Stoetzel, Emmanuelle, Baylac, Michel, Moulin, Sibyle, Hutterer, Rainer, Nespoulet, Roland, El Hajraoui, Mohammed Abdeljalil, Denys, Christiane, Herrel, Anthony

“…The El Harhoura 2 cave (Morocco) presents a high density of white-toothed shrew (Crocidurinae) remains in the eight studied archaeological levels, ranging from…”
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Genetic Analysis of Skull Shape Variation and Morphological Integration in the Mouse Using Interspecific Recombinant Congenic Strains between C57Bl/6 and Mice of the Mus spretus Species by Burgio, Gaëtan, Baylac, Michel, Heyer, Evelyne, Montagutelli, Xavier

“…To assess the genetic basis of the skull shape variation and morphological integration in mice, we have used a tool based on the cross between the distantly…”
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Extreme male leg polymorphic asymmetry in a new empidine dance fly (Diptera: Empididae) by Daugeron, Christophe, Plant, Adrian, Winkler, Isaac, Stark, Andreas, Baylac, Michel

“…A new dance fly (Empididae: Empidinae) with hugely modified male fore tarsus, either on the right, left, both or neither sides, is described from Japan. Such…”
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