Chemical signaling glands are unlinked to species diversification in lizards

G Murali, S Meiri, U Roll - Evolution, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Sexual selection has long been thought to increase species diversification. Sexually
selected traits, such as sexual signals that contribute to reproductive isolation, were thought …

Evaluating the accuracy of methods for detecting correlated rates of molecular and morphological evolution

Y Asar, H Sauquet, SYW Ho - Systematic Biology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Determining the link between genomic and phenotypic change is a fundamental goal in
evolutionary biology. Insights into this link can be gained by using a phylogenetic approach …

Symbiont-driven niche expansion shapes the adaptive radiation of insects

C Cornwallis, A van't Padje, J Ellers, M Klein… - 2022 - researchsquare.com
For over 300 million years, insects have relied on symbiotic microbes for nutrition and
defence1, 2. However, it is unclear whether specific ecological conditions have repeatedly …

Genomic investigation refutes record of most diverged avian hybrid

JM Alfieri, T Johnson, A Linderholm… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The most diverged avian hybrid that has been documented (Numida meleagris× Penelope
superciliaris) was reported in 1957. This identification has yet to be confirmed, and like most …

How important are functional and developmental constraints on phenotypic evolution? An empirical test with the stomatal anatomy of flowering plants

CD Muir, MÀ Conesa, J Galmés… - The American …, 2023 - journals.uchicago.edu
Quantifying the relative contribution of functional and developmental constraints on
phenotypic variation is a long-standing goal of macroevolution, but it is often difficult to …

Evolutionary rates of nuclear and organellar genomes are linked in land plants

Y Asar, H Sauquet, SYW Ho - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Plants carry genetic material in three separate compartments, the nuclear, mitochondrial,
and chloroplast genomes. These genomes interact with each other to various degrees and …

How important are functional and developmental constraints on phenotypic evolution? An empirical test with the stomatal anatomy of flowering plants

CD Muir, MÀ Conesa, J Galmés, VS Pathare, P Rivera… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Functional and developmental constraints on phenotypic variation may cause traits to covary
over millions of years and slow populations from reaching their adaptive optima …

[PDF][PDF] Developmental integration cannot explain major features of stomatal anatomical evolution in seed plants

CD Muir, MÀ Conesa, J Galmés, VS Pathare, P Rivera… - academia.edu
Developmental integration can cause traits to covary over macroevolutionary time and in
some cases prevent populations from reaching their adaptive optima. Developmental …