Environmental signal in the evolutionary diversification of bird skeletons

G Navalón, A Bjarnason, E Griffiths, RBJ Benson - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Characterizing how variation in the tempo and mode of evolution has structured the
phenotypic diversity of extant species is a central goal of macroevolution,–. However …

Polyploid species rely on vegetative reproduction more than diploids: a re-examination of the old hypothesis

T Herben, J Suda, J Klimešová - Annals of botany, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Polyploidy is arguably the single most important genetic
mechanism in plant speciation and diversification. It has been repeatedly suggested that …

Adaptive radiation without independent stages of trait evolution in a group of Caribbean anoles

B Bodensteiner, ED Burress, MM Muñoz - Systematic Biology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Adaptive radiation involves diversification along multiple trait axes, producing phenotypically
diverse, species-rich lineages. Theory generally predicts that multi-trait evolution occurs via …

Macroecology and macroevolution of body size in Anolis lizards

JA Velasco, F Villalobos, JAF Diniz‐Filho, S Poe… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Body size is one of the most influential traits affecting many ecological and physiological
processes across animal and plant taxa. Studies of the environmental factors sha** body …

The evolution of eccrine sweat glands in human and nonhuman primates

A Best, JM Kamilar - Journal of human evolution, 2018 - Elsevier
Sweating is an unusual thermoregulatory strategy for most mammals, yet is critical for
humans. This trait is commonly hypothesized to result from human ancestors moving from a …

Climate and phylogenetic history structure morphological and architectural trait variation among fine-root orders

ML McCormack, MA Kaproth, J Cavender-Bares… - The New …, 2020 - JSTOR
• Fine roots mediate below-ground resource acquisition, yet understanding of how fine-root
functional traits vary along environmental gradients, within branching orders and across …

Rensch's rule: linking intraspecific to evolutionary allometry

C Reyes-Puig, DC Adams, U Enriquez-Urzelai… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Sexual dimorphism describes phenotypic differences between the sexes; the most
prominent of which is sexual size dimorphism (SSD). Rensch's rule (RR) is an allometric …

Digging adaptation in insectivorous subterranean eutherians. The enigma of Mesoscalops montanensis unveiled by geometric morphometrics and finite element …

P Piras, G Sansalone, L Teresi, M Moscato… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The enigmatic Early Miocene fossorial mammal Mesoscalops montanensis shows one of the
most modified humeri among terrestrial mammals. It has been suggested, on qualitative …