Iterative adaptive radiations of fossil canids show no evidence for diversity-dependent trait evolution

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

Volumn 112, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 4897-4902

  Slater, Graham J ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Canidae; Macroevolution; Phylogenetics; Rates

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; CALIBRATION; CANIDAE; DIET; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; TIME;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CALIBRATION; CANIDAE; DIET; FOSSILS; GENETIC VARIATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84928253935     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1403666111     Document Type: Article

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