Divergent evolution during an experimental adaptive radiation.

doi:10.1098/rspb.2003.2408

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Divergent evolution during an experimental adaptive radiation.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Aug 2003

MacLean R Craig, Bell Graham

Abstract excerpt

How repeatable a process is evolution? Comparative studies of multicellular eukaryotes and experimental studies with unicellular prokaryotes document the repeated evolution of adaptive phenotypes during similar adaptive radiations, suggesting that the outcome of adaptive radiation is broadly repr...

Topics

Adaptation, Biological
Biological Evolution
Cluster Analysis
Environment
Genetic Drift
Genetic Variation
Mutation
Phenotype
Pseudomonas fluorescens
Selection, Genetic

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