1 Global Elongation and High Shape Flexibility As an Evolutionary Hypothesis of Accommodating 2 Mammalian Brains Into Skulls
bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.06.410928; this version posted December 7, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. 1 Global elongation and high shape flexibility as an evolutionary hypothesis of accommodating 2 mammalian brains into skulls 3 Running title: Marsupial brain shape evolution 4 Vera Weisbecker1*, Timothy Rowe2, Stephen Wroe3, Thomas E. Macrini4, Kathleen L. S. Garland5, Kenny 5 J. Travouillon6, Karen Black 7, Michael Archer7, Suzanne J. Hand7, Jeri Berlin2, Robin M.D. Beck8, 6 Sandrine Ladevèze9, Alana C. Sharp10, Karine Mardon11 Emma Sherratt12* 7 1College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA 5042 8 2Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-1692, USA 9 3School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 2351, 10 Australia 11 4Department of Biological Sciences, St. Mary’s University, One Camino Santa Maria, San Antonio, TX, 12 78228 USA 13 5School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168 14 6Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, WA, 6986 Australia 15 7PANGEA Research Center, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New 16 South Wales, UNSW 2052, Australia 17 8 School of Science, Engineering and Environment, University of Salford, Salford, M5 4WT, UK 18 9CR2P UMR 7207, CNRS/MNHN/Sorbonne Université, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 57 rue 19 Cuvier CP38, F-75005 Paris, France.
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