Are rates of species diversification and body size evolution coupled in the ferns?

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PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Understanding the relationship between phenotypic evolution and lineage diversification is a central goal of evolutionary biology. To extend our understanding of the role morphological evolution plays in the diversification of plants, we examined the relationship between leaf size evolution and lineage diversification across ferns. METHODS: We tested for an association between body size...

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