Postcranial heterochrony, modularity, integration and disparity in the prenatal ossification in bats (Chiroptera)

Abstract Background Self-powered flight is one of the most energy-intensive types of locomotion found in vertebrates.It is also associated with a range of extreme morpho-physiological adaptations that evolved independently in three different vertebrate groups.Considering that development acts as a bridge between the genotype and phenotype on which

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