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Title: Morphological integration of the head capsule in the millipede 𝘔𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘮 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘮 (C. L. Koch, 1838) (Diplopoda: Julida): can different modules be recognized?
Authors: Vujić, Vukica 
Ilić, Bojan 
Lučić, Luka 
Tomić, Vladimir 
Jovanović, Zvezdana 
Pavković-Lučić, Sofija 
Makarov, Slobodan 
Keywords: Modularity hypotheses;Allometry;Variation of morphological shape;Geometric morphometrics
Issue Date: 7-Oct-2021
Rank: M21
Publisher: Elsevier GmbH.
Citation: Vukica Vujić, Bojan Ilić, Luka Lučić, Vladimir Tomić, Zvezdana Jovanović, Sofija Pavković-Lučić, Slobodan Makarov, Morphological integration of the head capsule in the millipede Megaphyllum unilineatum (C. L. Koch, 1838) (Diplopoda: Julida): can different modules be recognized?, Zoology, Volume 149, 2021, 125970, ISSN 0944-2006, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2021.125970. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0944200621000787)
Journal: Zoology
Volume: 149
Start page: 125970
Abstract: 
Covariation of multiple morphological traits and modularity have been widely studied in the field of evolutionary developmental biology. Subunits of a morphological structure can evolve separately from each other in a modular fashion. The aims of our study therefore were: i) to test the hypothesis of modularity in the dorsal part of the head capsule and the gnathochilarium separately during late postembryogenesis in the julidan millipede Megaphyllum unilineatum (C. L. Koch, 1838) using geometric morphometrics; and ii) to investigate the influence of allometry on overall morphological integration in the dorsal part of the head capsule and the gnathochilarium in the mentioned species. Individuals from different ontogenetic stadia (stadium VI – stadium XI) were included in the analyses. Significant influence of fluctuating asymmetry on the dorsal part of the head capsule shape was detected by Procrustes ANOVA. Regressions were significant for the symmetric component of both analysed morphological traits, while non-significant regression was detected for the asymmetric component of the head capsule’s dorsal part. Hypotheses of modularity for the dorsal part of the head capsule and the gnathochilarium are rejected because our results indicate that a small proportion of alternate partitions has higher covariation between subsets of structure than between the hypothesized modules. Contrary to our expectations, results of the present study show that allometry does not increase the level of morphological integration in the dorsal part of the head capsule and the gnathochilarium in M. unilineatum. Based on the obtained results, we conclude that the dorsal part of the head capsule and the gnathochilarium are not composed of independent modules and that in the case of the capsule’s dorsal part, developmental processes affect morphological integration in different ways at different levels of shape variation.
URI: https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4662
ISSN: 0944-2006
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2021.125970
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