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Contingent predictability in evolution: key traits and diversification.

Systematic biology - 1 Dec 2002

de Queiroz Alan

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Key innovations have often been invoked to explain the exceptional diversification of particular groups. However, there are few convincing examples of traits that are repeatedly and consistently associated with increased diversification. The paucity of such cases may reflect the contingent nature of the diversifying effect of key traits. These contingencies can be viewed as statistical interactions between the...

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