James Napoli

Oct 28, 2024 | biorxiv.org | James Napoli |Stony Brook

AbstractOntogenetic change is a major source of phenotypic variation among members of a species and is often of greater magnitude than the anatomical differences that distinguish closely related species. Ontogeny has therefore become a problematic confounding variable in vertebrate paleontology, especially in study systems distant from extant crown clades, rendering taxonomic hypothesis testing (a fundamental process in evolutionary biology) rife with difficulty.

Jul 28, 2024 | anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Kelsey Jenkins |William Foster |James Napoli |Dalton L. Meyer

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