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Loss of flight promotes beetle diversification.

Nature communications - 31 Jan 2012

Ikeda Hiroshi, Nishikawa Masaaki, Sota Teiji

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The evolution of flight is a key innovation that may enable the extreme diversification of insects. Nonetheless, many species-rich, winged insect groups contain flightless lineages. The loss of flight may promote allopatric differentiation due to limited dispersal power and may result in a high s...

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PMID: 22337126
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1659
PMCID: PMC3272566

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