Mutualism with sea anemones triggered the adaptive radiation of clownfishes

Mutualism with sea anemones triggered the adaptive radiation of clownfishes

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Adaptive radiation is the process by which a single ancestral species diversifies into many descendants adapted to exploit a wide range of habitats. The appearance of ecological opportunities, or the colonisation or adaptation to nov...

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Main Authors: Litsios Glenn, Sims Carrie A, Wüest Rafael O, Pearman Peter B, Zimmermann Niklaus E, Salamin Nicolas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-11-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Ecological speciation
Diversification
Comparative method
Evolutionary rate
Brownian Motion
Pomacentridae
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/12/212

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