Strength in numbers: High phenotypic variance in early Cambrian trilobites and its evolutionary implications.

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Analysis of the degree of intraspecific morphological polymorphism during the evolutionary history of trilobites using an informatic approach(1) provides striking evidence of a long-suspected but previously unsubstantiated pattern: degrees of polymorphism are markedly higher in phylogenetically basal, stratigraphically early species. This unequivocal pattern prompts further exploration of the relationship between...

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