Contingency and determinism in the evolution of bird song sound frequency

Abstract Sexual signals are archetypes of contingent evolution: hyper-diverse across species, often evolving fast and in unpredictable directions. It is unclear to which extent their evolutionary unpredictability weakens deterministic evolution, or takes place bounded by deterministic patterns of tr...

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Main Authors: Jakob I. Friis, Torben Dabelsteen, Gonçalo C. Cardoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90775-6