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Shark mandible evolution reveals patterns of trophic and habitat-mediated diversification
Environmental controls of species diversity represent a central research focus in evolutionary biology. In the marine realm, sharks are widely...
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Multiple paths to morphological diversification during the origin of amniotes
Early terrestrial vertebrates (amniotes) provide a classic example of diversification following adaptive zone invasion. The initial...
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Cryptic diversification, phenotypic plasticity, and host specialization in a sponge-dwelling goby
Coral reefs harbor 30% of oceanic biodiversity, but many species remain undiscovered. Indeed, coral reef taxonomic inventories are heavily skewed...
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Evolution of the bovid cranium: morphological diversification under allometric constraint
The role of environmental selection in generating novel morphology is often taken for granted, and morphology is generally assumed to be adaptive....
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Origin and Diversification of Acipenseriforms
AbstractThe review addresses the history and current state of ideas about the phylogenetic relationships and the evolutionary history of...
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Evolutionary body shape diversification of the endemic Cyprinoidei fishes from the Balkan’s Dinaric karst
A remarkable diversification of the freshwater ichthyofauna in the Peri-Mediterranean is an outstanding legacy of the complex paleogeographical and...
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Morphological diversification and functional maturation of human astrocytes in glia-enriched cortical organoid transplanted in mouse brain
Astrocytes, the most abundant glial cell type in the brain, are underrepresented in traditional cortical organoid models due to the delayed onset of...
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Sensory adaptations reshaped intrinsic factors underlying morphological diversification in bats
BackgroundMorphological evolution may be impacted by both intrinsic (developmental, constructional, physiological) and extrinsic (ecological...
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Radiating diversification and niche conservatism jointly shape the inverse latitudinal diversity gradient of Potentilla L. (Rosaceae)
BackgroundThe latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG), characterized by an increase in species richness from the poles to the equator, is one of the...
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Symbioses shape feeding niches and diversification across insects
For over 300 million years, insects have relied on symbiotic microbes for nutrition and defence. However, it is unclear whether specific ecological...
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Macroevolutionary consequences of karyotypic changes in the neotropical Serrasalmidae fishes (Ostariophysi, Characiformes) diversification
In the Neotropical region, one of the most diverse families of freshwater fishes is the monophyletic Serrasalmidae. Karyotypically, the family shows...
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Arrested diversification? The phylogenetic distribution of poorly-diversifying lineages
Rapidly-diversifying lineages have been a major focus of modern evolutionary biology, with many hypotheses seeking to explain how they contribute to...
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Evolution and diversification of Mountain voles (Rodentia: Cricetidae)
The systematics of the Cricetid genus Neodon have long been fraught with uncertainty due to sampling issues and a lack of comprehensive datasets. To...
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A genome assembly for Orinus kokonorica provides insights into the origin, adaptive evolution and further diversification of two closely related grass genera
Ancient whole-genome duplication (WGD) or polyploidization is prevalent in plants and has played a crucial role in plant adaptation. However, the...
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Order Cantharellales: Taxonomic and Ecological Diversification
AbstractThe review is devoted to the taxonomic representation of the order Cantharellales in connection with problems of taxonomical history of the...
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Decoupling in Diversification and Body Size Rates During the Radiation of Phyllodactylus: Evidence Suggests Minor Role of Ecology in Sha** Phenotypes
Empirical studies have shown that several taxa exhibit a decoupled relationship between lineage species diversification (the balance between...
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Skull Morphological Evolution in Faunivorous Marsupials
Marsupials have a long evolutionary history of diversification in the Southern Hemisphere, where they expanded geographic distribution from America...
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Contrasting nidification behaviors facilitate diversification and colonization of the Music frogs under a changing paleoclimate
In order to cope with the complexity and variability of the terrestrial environment, amphibians have developed a wide range of reproductive and...
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Stomatal morphological variation contributes to global ecological adaptation and diversification of Brassica napus
Main ConclusionStomatal density and guard cell length of 274 global core germplasms of rapeseed reveal that the stomatal morphological variation...
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Evolution of chromosome numbers in Cuphea (Lythraceae) reveals associations between morphological variation and polyploidy
Studies on the interplay between morphological diversity and genomic duplication are crucial, since novel traits may have profound evolutionary and...
