Study of morphological variation of northern Neotropical Ariidae reveals conservatism despite macrohabitat transitions

Study of morphological variation of northern Neotropical Ariidae reveals conservatism despite macrohabitat transitions

Abstract Background Morphological convergence triggered by trophic adaptations is a common pattern in adaptive radiations. The study of shape variation in an evolutionary context is usually restricted to well-studied fish models. We take advantage of the recently revised systematics of New World Ari...

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Main Authors: Madlen Stange, Gabriel Aguirre-Fernández, Walter Salzburger, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Conservatism
Disparity
Fish
Geometric morphometrics
Morphological evolution
Phylogeny
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1152-y

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