Article
The origin and diversification of Galapagos mockingbirds.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Feb 2006
Arbogast Brian S, Drovetski Sergei V, Curry Robert L, Boag Peter T, Seutin Gilles, Grant Peter R, Grant B Rosemary, Anderson David J
Abstract excerpt
Evolutionary radiations of colonists on archipelagos provide valuable insight into mechanisms and modes of speciation. The apparent diversification of Galapagos mockingbirds (Nesomimus) provoked Darwin's initial conception of adaptive radiation, but the monophyly of this historically important exemplar has not been evaluated with molecular data. Additionally, as with most Galapagos organisms, we have a poor...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Caribbean Region
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Ecosystem
- Ecuador
- Genetic Variation
- North America
- Passeriformes
- Phylogeny