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The Clade Replacement Theory: a framework to study age-dependent extinction.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Mar 2024
Calderón Del Cid Carlos, Villalobos Fabricio, Dobrovolski Ricardo, Carrillo Juan D, Silvestro Daniele, Vilela Bruno
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There is no scientific consensus about whether and how species' evolutionary age, or the elapsed time since their origination, might affect their probability of going extinct. Different age-dependent extinction (ADE) patterns have been proposed in theoretical and empirical studies, while the existence of a consistent and universal pattern across the tree of life remains debated. If evolutionary age predicts...
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