Multiple convergent evolution of arboreal life in oribatid mites indicates the primacy of ecology

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1671, 2009, Pages 3219-3227

  Maraun, Mark ^a,b   Erdmann, Georgia ^a,c   Schulz, Garvin ^a   Norton, Roy A ^d   Scheu, Stefan ^a,b   Domes, Katja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Constraints; Convergent evolution; Ecological niche; Oribatid mites; Pre adaptation

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S;

ARBOREAL SPECIES; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONIZATION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DNA; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HABITAT SELECTION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MITE; NICHE; PHYLOGENETICS; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ARBOREAL SPECIES; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PREDATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 70349422224     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0425     Document Type: Article

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