Article
How Parallel Is Parallel Evolution? A Comparative Analysis in Fishes.
The American naturalist - 1 Jul 2017
Oke Krista B, Rolshausen Gregor, LeBlond Caroline, Hendry Andrew P
Abstract excerpt
Evidence of phenotypic parallelism is often used to infer the deterministic role played by natural selection. However, variation in the extent or direction of divergence is often evident among independent evolutionary replicates, raising the following question: just how parallel, overall, is parallel evolution? We answer this question through a comparative analysis of studies of fishes, a taxon where parallel...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Environment
- Fishes
- Phenotype
- Selection, Genetic