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Convergent evolution of phenotypic integration and its alignment with morphological diversification in Caribbean Anolis ecomorphs.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Dec 2011
Kolbe Jason J, Revell Liam J, Szekely Brian, Brodie Edmund D, Losos Jonathan B
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The adaptive landscape and the G-matrix are keys concepts for understanding how quantitative characters evolve during adaptive radiation. In particular, whether the adaptive landscape can drive convergence of phenotypic integration (i.e., the pattern of phenotypic variation and covariation summarized in the P-matrix) is not well studied. We estimated and compared P for 19 morphological traits in eight species of...
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