TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cox,Philip G.
AU  - Hautier,Lionel
TI  - Evolution of the rodents: advances in phylogeny, functional morphology, and development 
T2  - Cambridge studies in morphology and molecules: new paradigms in evolutionary biology
SN  - 9781107044333 (hardback)
U1  - 599.35 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Cambridge: 
PB  - Cambridge University Press, 
KW  - Rodents
KW  - Evolution
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Rodentia : a model order? / Lionel Hautier and Philip G. Cox --
 2. A synopsis of rodent molecular phylogenetics, systematics and biogeography / Pierre-Henri Fabre, Lionel Hautier and Emmanuel J.P. Douzery --
 3. Emerging perspectives on some Paleocene sciurognaths rodents in Laurasia : the fossil record and its interpretation / Mary R. Dawson --
 4. Phylogeny and evolutionary history of hystricognathous rodents from the Old World during the Tertiary : new insights into the emergence of modern "phiomorph" families / Franck Barbière and Laurent Marivaux --
5. The history of South American octodontoid rodents and its contribution to evolutionary generalisations / Diego H. Verzi, Cecilia C. Morgan and A. Itatí Olivares --
6. History, taxonomy and palaeobiology of giant fossil rodents (Hystricognathi, Dinomyidae) / Andrés Rinderknecht and R. Ernesto Blanco --
7. Advances in integrative taxonomy and the evolution of African murid rodents : how morphological trees hide the molecular forest / Christiane Denys and Alisa Winkler --
8. Themes and variation in sciurid evolution / V. Louise Roth and John M. Mercer --
9. Marmot evolution and global change in the past 10 million years / P. David Polly, Andrea Cardini, Edward B. Davis and Scott J. Steppan --
10. Grades and clades among rodents : the promise of geometric morphometrics / Lionel Hautier, Philip G. Cox and Renaud Lebrun --
11. Biogeographic variations in wood mice : testing for the role of morphological variation as a line of least resistance to evolution / Sabrina Renaud, Jean-Pierre Quéré and Johan R. Michaux --
12. The oral apparatus of rodents : variations on the theme of a gnawing machine / Robert E. Druzinsky --
13. The muscles of mastication in rodents and the function of the medial pterygoid / Philip G. Cox and Nathan Jeffery --
14. Functional morphology of rodent middle ears / Matthew J. Mason --
 15. Variations and anomalies in rodent teeth and their importance for testing computational models of development / Cyril Charles and Laurent Viriot --
 16. The great variety of dental structures and dynamics in rodents : new insights into their ecological diversity / Helder Gomes Rodrigues --
 17. Convergent evolution of molar morphology in Muroidea (Rodentia, Mammalia) : connections between chewing movements and crown morphology / Vincent Lazzari, Franck Guy, Pierre-Emmanuel Salais, Adélaïde Euriat, Cyril Charles, Laurent Viriot, Paul Tafforeau and Jacques Michaux --
18. Developmental mechanisms in the evolution of phenotypic traits in rodent teeth / Elodie Renvoisé and Sophie Montuire --
19. Diversity and evolution of femoral variation in Ctenohystrica / Laura A.B. Wilson and Madeleine Geiger --
20. Morphological disparity of the postcranial skeleton in rodents and its implications for palaeobiological inferences : the case of the extinct Theriodomyidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) / Monique Vianey-Liaud, Lionel Hautier and Laurent Marivaux
N2  - A valuable resource for the latest research on rodents, highlighting links across palaeontology, developmental biology, functional morphology, phylogenetics and biomechanics
ER  -