Archives of Oral Biology
Volume 55, Issue 8 , Pages 576-582 , August 2010

The case of an insular molarless black rat: Effects on lifestyle and mandible morphology

  • Pere Bover

      Affiliations

    • IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Departament de Biodiversitat i Conservació, Cr Miquel Marquès 21, 07190 Esporles (Illes Balears), Spain
    • Division of Vertebrate Zoology/Mammalogy Department, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, 10024 NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Departament de Biodiversitat i Conservació, Cr Miquel Marquès 21, 07190 Esporles (Illes Balears), Spain. Tel.: +34 971 611939; fax: +34 971 611761.
    • ,
  • Josep A. Alcover

      Affiliations

    • IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Departament de Biodiversitat i Conservació, Cr Miquel Marquès 21, 07190 Esporles (Illes Balears), Spain
    • Division of Vertebrate Zoology/Mammalogy Department, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, 10024 NY, USA
    • ,
  • Jacques Michaux

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Paléontologie EPHE et Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution, UMR 5554 CNRS, Université Montpellier 2, 34095 Montpellier, France
    • ,
  • Sabrina Renaud

      Affiliations

    • Paléoenvironnements et Paléobiosphère, UMR 5125 CNRS, Université Lyon 1, Campus de la Doua, Bât. Géode, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France

,Accepted 11 May 2010.

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PII: S0003-9969(10)00126-3

doi: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2010.05.004

Archives of Oral Biology
Volume 55, Issue 8 , Pages 576-582 , August 2010

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