Giant Pandas Are Not an Evolutionary cul-de-sac: Evidence from Multidisciplinary Research

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 4-12

  Wei, Fuwen ^a   Hu, Yibo ^a   Yan, Li ^a   Nie, Yonggang ^a   Wu, Qi ^a   Zhang, Zejun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Diet specialization; Evolutionary dead end; Genetics; Giant panda

Indexed keywords

AILUROPODA; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; ANIMAL GENETICS; BAMBOO DIET; DIET; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FLOWERING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; POPULATION BIOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; REVIEW; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BEAR; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; URSIDAE;

EID: 84922381115     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msu278     Document Type: Review

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