The Conceptual and Statistical Relationship between Modularity and Morphological Integration
The Conceptual and Statistical Relationship between Modularity and Morphological Integration
The modular variation of organismal form during evolution or development can be viewed as the result of dissociated local developmental processes. Whereas studies of modularity often are experimental, morphological integration is a more descriptive concept applying to groups of correlated phenotypic characters. Using simple path models, this paper shows that …