Showing posts with label Diversification. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Diversification. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

[Herpetology • 2017] Arboreality Constrains Morphological Evolution but Not Species Diversification in Vipers ---ScRaBBlE

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Stejneger's Pitviper ( Trimeresurus stejnegeri )   Alencar, Martins, Burin & Quental, 2017        DOI:  10.1098/rspb.2017.1775   Abs...

[Herpetology • 2017] Diversification in Arid Mountains: Biogeography and Cryptic Diversity of Pristurus rupestris rupestris in Arabia ---ScRaBBlE

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  Pristurus r. rupetris  of the high altitude robust morphotype.    Panoramic view of Wadi Sareen, a Protected Area that includes the only k...

[Herpetology • 2017] A Phylogeny of Open-habitat Lizards (Squamata: Lacertidae: Ophisops) Supports the Antiquity of Indian Grassy Biomes ---ScRaBBlE

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scroll.in DOI:  10.1111/jbi.12999   Abstract Aim:  India is dominated by tropical grassy biomes (TGBs), traditionally considered seres or de...

[Ichthyology • 2017] Sex-specific Evolution during the Diversification of Live-bearing Fishes ---ScRaBBlE

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Samples of fish species from the Poeciliidae family show the diversity in color, fin size and body shape. Kansas State University researcher...

[Entomology • 2017] Phylogeny and Diversification of the Cloud Forest Morpho sulkowskyi Group (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Evolving Andes ---ScRaBBlE

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Abstract The monophyletic Morpho sulkowskyi butterfly group, endemic of Andean cloud forests, was studied to test the respective contributio...

[PaleoMammalogy • 2017] Inermorostrum xenops • A Toothless Dwarf Dolphin (Odontoceti: Xenorophidae) Points to Explosive Feeding Diversification of Modern Whales (Neoceti) ---ScRaBBlE

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Inermorostrum xenops Boessenecker, Fraser, Churchill & Geisler, 2017 @ CoastalPaleo   DOI:  10.1098/rspb.2017.0531   Abstract Toothed wh...

[Ornithology • 2017] Tapping the Woodpecker Tree for Evolutionary Insight ---ScRaBBlE

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Shakya, Fuchs, Pons & Sheldon, 2017     DOI:  10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.005 Highlights • We compared DNA sequences of six loci from 203 of...