Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences- 08 February 2017; volume 284, issue 1848 | Biodiversité | Scoop.it
Au sujet de la couverture : The identification of covariation in morphological character complexes (modularity) could help to increase our understanding of morphological transitions in a phylogenetic framework. Using state-of-the-art engineering techniques, Blanke et al. identify a number of mechanical interdependencies in a damselfly head and integrate that information in a phylogenetic analysis workflow. The results suggest dragonflies and mayflies as sistergroups - a relationship that has been debated in insect systematics for decades.