Rates of passerine body plan evolution in time and space.

doi:10.1038/s41559-026-03110-5

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Rates of passerine body plan evolution in time and space.

Nature ecology & evolution - 1 Aug 2026

Berv Jacob S, Probst Charlotte M, Claramunt Santiago, Shipley J Ryan, Friedman Matt, Smith Stephen A, Fouhey David F, Weeks Brian C

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The rates and patterns of phenotypic evolution are known to vary dramatically across time and space, yet the drivers of this variation remain poorly understood. Using over 170,000 skeletal measurements across 2,057 species of Passeriformes-the most diverse order of living birds-we reconstruct the evolutionary history of passerine body plan diversification over the past ~50 Myr. We find that the history of...

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Animals
Biological Evolution
Passeriformes
Phenotype

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PMID: 42477484
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-026-03110-5

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