Stephen Donnellan

Jun 29, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Ian Brennan |David Chapple |J. Scott Keogh |Stephen Donnellan

AbstractAnimal phenotypes evolve and diverge as a result of differing selective pressures and drift. These processes leave unique signatures in patterns of trait evolution, impacting the tempo and mode of morphological macroevolution. While there is a broad understanding of the history of some organismal traits (e.g. body size), there is little consensus about the evolutionary mode of most others.