Sisyphean evolution in Darwin's finches

Biological Reviews

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 689-698

  Mckay, Bailey D ^a   Zink, Robert M ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Darwin's finches; Darwin's ground finches; Geospiza; Sisyphean evolution; Speciation

Indexed keywords

FRINGILLIDAE; GEOSPIZA; GEOSPIZA MAGNIROSTRIS;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ECUADOR; EVOLUTION; FINCH; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECUADOR; FINCHES; GENETIC VARIATION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84937161799     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12127     Document Type: Article

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