Does Phenotypic Integration Promote Convergent Evolution?

Abstract excerpt

Phenotypic integration is often perceived as being able to produce convergent evolution in the absence of selection, but specific mechanisms for this process are lacking and a connection has never been empirically demonstrated. A new model of the effect of integration on convergence provides such a mechanism, along with other predictions about the influence of integration on evolutionary patterns. I use...

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