Large morphological transitions underlie exceptional shape diversification in an adaptive radiation

Abstract Adaptive radiations are characterized by an increase in species and/or phenotypic diversity as organisms fill open ecological niches. Often, the putative adaptive radiation has been studied without explicit comparison to the patterns and rates of evolution of closely related clades, leaving...

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Main Authors: Katherine B. Starr, Emma Sherratt, Thomas J. Sanger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83404-5