Is there room for punctuated equilibrium in macroevolution?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-32

  Pennell, Matthew W ^a   Harmon, Luke J ^a   Uyeda, Josef C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative methods; Macroevolution; Paleobiology; Phylogenetics; Punctuated equilibrium

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MACROECOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PALEOBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); BIODIVERSITY; GRADUALISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE METHODS; EVOLUTION; MACROEVOLUTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NOMENCLATURE; PALEOBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

COMPARATIVE METHODS; MACROEVOLUTION; PALEOBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84890858777     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.07.004     Document Type: Review

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