Adaptive evolution toward larger size in mammals

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

Volumn 112, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 5093-5098

  Baker, Joanna ^a   Meade, Andrew ^a   Pagel, Mark ^a,b   Venditti, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Ancestral state reconstruction; Cope's rule; Evolutionary trends; Macroevolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GROWTH ACCELERATION; MAMMAL; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREND STUDY; ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL;

MAMMALIA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; FOSSILS; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84928388194     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1419823112     Document Type: Article

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