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Table 2 Description of eleven a priori hypotheses of modularity

From: The modular organization of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) body during ontogeny: the effects of sex and habitat

Hypothesis

Description of modular partitions

1

Head/Neck (1, 2, 3)

2

Trunk (4, 5, 6)

3

Forelimbs (7, 8, 9, 10)

4

Hindlimbs (11, 12, 13, 14)

5

Head/Neck+Trunk (1, 2, 3: 4, 5, 6)

6

Trunk+Forelimbs (4, 5, 6: 7, 8, 9, 10)

7

Trunk+Hindlimbs (4, 5, 6: 11, 12, 13, 14)

8

Trunk+Forelimbs+Hindlimbs (4, 5, 6: 7, 8, 9, 10: 11, 12, 13, 14)

9

Head/Neck+Trunk+Forelimbs (1, 2, 3: 4, 5, 6: 7, 8, 9, 10)

10

Head/Neck+Trunk+Hindlimbs (1, 2, 3: 4, 5, 6: 11, 12, 13, 14)

11

Forelimbs+Hindlimbs (7, 8, 9, 10: 11, 12, 13, 14)

  1. The numbers in parentheses refer to the body characters included in each partition according to Fig. 7