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The persistence and evolutionary consequences of vestigial behaviours.

Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - 1 Aug 2022

Rayner Jack G, Sturiale Samantha L, Bailey Nathan W

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Behavioural traits are often noted to persist after relaxation or removal of associated selection pressure, whereas it has been observed that morphological traits under similar conditions appear to decay more rapidly. Despite this, persistent non-adaptive, 'vestigial' behavioural variation has received little research scrutiny. Here we review published examples of vestigial behavioural traits, highlighting their...

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PMID: 35218283
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12847
PMCID: PMC9540461

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