A new, fast method to search for morphological convergence with shape data.

Morphological convergence is an intensely studied macroevolutionary phenomenon. It refers to the morphological resemblance between phylogenetically distant taxa. Currently available methods to explore evolutionary convergence either: rely on the analysis of the phenotypic resemblance between sister...

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Main Authors: Silvia Castiglione, Carmela Serio, Davide Tamagnini, Marina Melchionna, Alessandro Mondanaro, Mirko Di Febbraro, Antonio Profico, Paolo Piras, Filippo Barattolo, Pasquale Raia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226949