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ArticleEvolution; international journal of organic evolution2021

Digest: Taxonomically inclusive and quantitative tests for convergence.

Laura E Hunter

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Article in Evolution; international journal of organic evolution, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Laura E HunterDepartment of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60637.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

How common is morphological convergence, and can the cause of convergence be traced to simple ecological categories like diet? Tamagnini et al. use phylogenetic comparative methods and simple morphological data from a large number of Carnivora taxa to investigate whether diet causes convergence in their craniomandibular complex. They find that convergence is less prevalent than expected and that this outcome is likely caused by a complex interplay between biomechanics, ecology, and morphology.

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Biological EvolutionCarnivoraAnimalsDietPhylogeny

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