Dr Christine Böhmer - Palaeobiologist
In 1975, biologist Gould found for various mammalian taxa that cheek tooth occlusal area scales with body mass by a factor of 0.75; i.e., in smaller animals, the occlusal surface is relatively larger, while...
Domestication can lead to phenotypic changes that are not observed in related wild forms. Domesticated animals thus considerably expand the morphological diversity of a species. For example, the skull of domestic dogs shows a...
Isolated habitats such as islands can only offer limited resources. This usually has a major impact on the evolution of island species. In small, rapidly reproducing rodents, such as mice, morphological changes can occur...
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