Sibling species are common in all major marine groups and habitats. Their abundance
reflects both inadequate study of morphological features of living organisms (" pseudo …

Comparative studies tend to differ from optimality and functionality studies in how they treat
adaptation. While the comparative approach focuses on the origin and change of traits …

Short-term evolutionary potential depends on the additive genetic variance in the
population. The additive variance is often measured as heritability, the fraction of the total …

The Lande equation forms the basis for our understanding of the short‐term evolution of
quantitative traits in a multivariate context. It predicts the response to selection as the product …

As species evolve along a phylogenetic tree, we expect closely related species to retain
some phenotypic similarities due to their shared evolutionary histories. The amount of …

Microevolution of quantitative traits in the wild can be predicted from a knowledge of
selection and genetic parameters. Testing the predictions requires measurement of the …

Phylogenetic relationships and the timing of evolutionary events are essential for
understanding evolution on longer time scales. Cheilostome bryozoans are a group of …

Constancy of variation/covariation structure among populations is frequently assumed in
order to measure the differential selective forces which have caused population …

Rates of phenotypic evolution are central to many issues in paleontology, but traditional rate
metrics such as darwins or haldanes are seldom used because of their strong dependence …

Despite increasing threats to the marine environment, only a fraction of the biodiversity of the
oceans has been described, owing in part to the widespread occurrence of cryptic species …