Getting a head in hard soils: Convergent skull evolution and divergent allometric patterns explain shape variation in a highly diverse genus of pocket gophers (Thomomys)

Table 1 Examining static allometry: MANCOVAs of cranial and humeral shape by size and taxa (Y ~ size*taxa)

The effect of centroid size (a proxy for body size) on cranial and humeral shapes within the 10 distinct genus Thomomys taxa as evaluated by MANCOVA (details in methods). Degrees of freedom (Df) for each sums of squares (SS) of each term, model residuals, and the total are presented, along with the coefficient of determination (R²), and the F ratio and associated P value. Statistical significance of the models was evaluated by permutation using 1000 iterations. Bold indicates p-values less than 0.05

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