ArticleJournal of evolutionary biology2020
Evolution of multivariate wing allometry in schizophoran flies (Diptera: Schizophora).
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- Developmental bias predicts 60 million years of wing shape evolution.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- Sexual size and shape dimorphism, and allometric scaling in the pupal and adult traits ofEcology and evolution · 2023Article
- Detecting (non)parallel evolution in multidimensional spaces: angles, correlations and eigenanalysis.Biology letters · 2022Review
- Evolution and plasticity of morph-specific integration in the bull-headed dung beetleEcology and evolution · 2020Article
- Evolution of multivariate wing allometry in schizophoran flies (Diptera: Schizophora).Journal of evolutionary biology · 2020Article
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Abstract
The proximate and ultimate mechanisms underlying scaling relationships as well as their evolutionary consequences remain an enigmatic issue in evolutionary biology. Here, I investigate the evolution of wing allometries in the Schizophora, a group of higher Diptera that radiated about 65 million years ago, by studying static allometries in five species using multivariate approaches. Despite the vast ecological diversity observed in contemporary members of the Schizophora and independent evolutionary histories throughout most of the Cenozoic, size-related changes represent a major contributor to overall variation in wing shape, both within and among species. Static allometries differ between species and sexes, yet multivariate allometries are correlated across species, suggesting a shared developmental programme underlying size-dependent phenotypic plasticity. Static allometries within species also correlate with evolutionary divergence across 33 different families (belonging to 11 of 13 superfamilies) of the Schizophora. This again points towards a general developmental, genetic or evolutionary mechanism that canalizes or maintains the covariation between shape and size in spite of rapid ecological and morphological diversification during the Cenozoic. I discuss the putative roles of developmental constraints and natural selection in the evolution of wing allometry in the Schizophora.
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