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Species coexistence and the dynamics of phenotypic evolution in adaptive radiation.
Nature - 20 Feb 2014
Tobias Joseph A, Cornwallis Charlie K, Derryberry Elizabeth P, Claramunt Santiago, Brumfield Robb T, Seddon Nathalie
Abstract excerpt
Interactions between species can promote evolutionary divergence of ecological traits and social signals, a process widely assumed to generate species differences in adaptive radiation. However, an alternative view is that lineages typically interact when relatively old, by which time selection for divergence is weak and potentially exceeded by convergent selection acting on traits mediating interspecific...
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