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Shared and unique features of evolutionary diversification.
The American naturalist - 1 Sept 2004
Langerhans R Brian, DeWitt Thomas J
Abstract excerpt
A fundamental question in evolutionary biology asks whether organisms experiencing similar selective pressures will evolve similar solutions or whether historical contingencies dominate the evolutionary process and yield disparate evolutionary outcomes. It is perhaps most likely that both shared selective forces as well as unique histories play key roles in the course of evolution. Consequently, when multiple...
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