Testing Convergence Versus History: Convergence Dominates Phenotypic Evolution for over 150 Million Years in Frogs

Systematic Biology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 146-160

  Moen, Daniel S ^a,b,c   Morlon, Hélène ^a   Wiens, John J ^d  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Anura; communities; constraint; convergence; ecomorphology; macroevolution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANURA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANURA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84960403354     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syv073     Document Type: Article

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