Appendicular skeletal morphology of North American Martesreflect independent modes of evolution in conjunction with Pleistocene glacial cycles

• Published in: The Anatomical Record
• Main Authors: Lynch, Leigha M., Felice, Ryan, O'Brien, Haley D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2020
• Subjects: Lambda; Martes americana
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.24545; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ar.24545; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/ar.24545

Abstract Pleistocene glacial cycles are thought to have driven ecological niche shifts, including novel niche formation. North American pine martens, Martes americana and M. caurina , are exemplar taxa thought to have diverged molecularly and morphologically during Pleistocene glaciation. Previous r...