An integrative understanding of evolutionary convergence across organisms and biological scales.
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DOI: 10.1093/icb/icae142
Abstract: The extent to which evolution is predictable is a long-standing question in biology, with implications for urgent biological issues such as viral evolution, the emergence of antibiotic resistance in bacteria, and organismal responses to climate… read more here.
Keywords: evolution; biological scales; biology; understanding evolutionary ... See more keywords
Third upper molar enlargement in sigmodontine rodents (Cricetidae): morphological disparity and evolutionary convergence
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DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2019-0031
Abstract: Abstract We studied the enlargement of the upper third molar (M3), with respect to the upper second molar in sigmodontine rodents, the largest subfamily of living cricetids. M3 is enlarged in extant and extinct members… read more here.
Keywords: enlargement; third upper; evolutionary convergence; sigmodontine rodents ... See more keywords