Clades reach highest morphological disparity early in their evolution

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 34, 2013, Pages 13875-13879

  Hughes, Martin ^a   Gerber, Sylvain ^a   Wills, Matthew Albion ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clade center of gravity; Clade shape; Macroevolution; Morphological disparity; Morphospace

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMBRIAN; CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; ECOLOGY; GRAVITY; MASS EXTINCTION; NONHUMAN; PERMIAN; PHANEROZOIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIASSIC; UPPER DEVONIAN;

CLADE CENTER OF GRAVITY; CLADE SHAPE; MACROEVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGICAL DISPARITY; MORPHOSPACE;

ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84882793560     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1302642110     Document Type: Article

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