Table 4 Estimated evolutionary rates of skull dimensions in darwins
From: Similar rates of morphological evolution in domesticated and wild pigs and dogs
Skull base length | Skull length | Zygomatic breadth | Palatal length | Palatal breadth | Skull height | Nasal length | Prebasial angle | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Domestic dogs | ||||||||
St. Bernard | 301 (0.043) | 129 (0.011) | 255 (0.030) | −10 (< 0.001) | 472 (0.116)* | 663 (0.137)* | − 799 (0.158) | 276 (0.255)* |
Newfoundland | 504 (0.102) | 1126 (0.322) | 1263 (0.339) | 1245 (0.364) | 660 (0.069) | 956 (0.206) | – | – |
Boxer | 63 (< 0.001) | − 877 (0.067) | − 142 (0.004) | – | – | – | – | – |
Barsoi | − 1310 (0.212) | − 239 (0.020) | − 1298 (0.382) | – | – | – | – | – |
Bullterrier | 157 (0.004) | −310 (0.023) | − 505 (0.062) | 186 (0.007) | − 544 (0.068) | −82 (0.003) | 1443 (0.177) | − 695 (0.183) |
Dachshund | 583 (0.021) | 870 (0.055) | − 295 (0.008) | – | – | – | – | – |
French bulldog | 535 (0.012) | 808 (0.062) | 896 (0.045) | – | – | – | – | – |
Greyhound | −194 (0.017) | 79 (0.002) | − 1070 (0.141) | – | – | – | – | – |
Dogue de Bordeaux | 2603 (0.276) | 2565 (0.266) | 2720 (0.299) | – | – | – | – | – |
Siberian husky | 1130 (0.162) | 1329 (0.212) | 665 (0.033) | 1552 (0.290) | − 773 (0.032) | 1471 (0.183) | −158 (0.001) | – |
Bernese mountain dog | − 700 (0.007) | 1266 (0.070) | − 1155 (0.039) | – | – | – | – | – |
Chihuahua | 1906 (0.013) | 7056 (0.192) | 5052 (0.149) | – | – | – | – | – |
Wild form of domestic dogs | ||||||||
Wolf | − 1349 (0.214) | − 1343 (0.262)* | − 850 (0.052) | − 1205 (0.172) | − 1680 (0.269)* | − 1045 (0.155) | − 635 (0.038) | – |
Domestic pig | ||||||||
Berkshire pig | – | − 3470 (0.460) | − 35 (0.0001) | − 4085 (0.365) | 632 (0.013) | 2531 (0.196) | − 3708 (0.186) | – |
Wild form of domestic pigs | ||||||||
Wild boar | 18 (< 0.001) | 231 (0.021) | 127 (0.005) | 96 (0.002) | 259 (0.016) | 630 (0.051) | 388 (0.026) | – |