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Developmental trajectories in geographically separated populations of non-marine ostracods: morphometric applications for palaeoecological studies

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Developmental trajectories refer here to patterns of size and shape changes in ostracod valves during the sequence of post-embryonic growth stages. The information obtained from the study of such patterns has significant applications for evolutionary biology and/or (palaeo) ecology. Using geometric morphometrics methods, we describe the developmental trajectories of three ostracod species with valves retrieved from the sediments of lakes Mondsee (Austria), Hańcza (Poland) and Iseo (Italy). Size and shape data result in distinct developmental trajectories. Ontogenetic changes agree with predictions of Prizbram’s and Brooks’ laws. Patterns of valve shape change provide information which might be of use to the taxonomic definition of evolutionary lineages and to the development of studies of allometry and heterochrony in non-marine ostracods.

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    Dan L. Danielopol

  2. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049, Madrid, Spain

    Angel Baltanás, Walter Geiger & Montserrat Reina

  3. Instytut Biologii (Katedra Genetiki), Universytet Gdański, Kładki 24, PL-80-822, Gdańsk, Poland

    Tadeusz Namiotko

  4. Institut für Limnologie, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mondseestrasse 9, A-5310, Mondsee, Austria

    Maria Pichler & Gertraud Roidmayr

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Danielopol, D.L., Baltanás, A., Namiotko, T. et al. Developmental trajectories in geographically separated populations of non-marine ostracods: morphometric applications for palaeoecological studies. Senckenbergiana lethaea 88, 183–193 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03043988

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