Testing gradual and speciational models of evolution in extant taxa: The example of ratites

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 293-303

  Laurin, M ^a   Gussekloo, S W S ^b   Marjanovic D ^a   Legendre, L ^c,d   Cubo, J ^c,d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Birds; Comparative studies; Morphometrics; Phylogenetics; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NATURAL SELECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARADIGM SHIFT; PHYLOGENETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC SPECIATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PALAEOGNATHAE; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AVES; PALAEOGNATHAE; PROSOPIS;

EID: 84855846652     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02422.x     Document Type: Article

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