Trait independence primes convergent trait loss

Womack, MC; Fiero, TS; Hoke, KL

Womack, MC (reprint author), Colorado State Univ, Dept Biol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA.; Womack, MC (reprint author), Smithsonian Inst, Natl Museum Nat Hist, Dept Vertebrate Zool, Washington, DC 20560 USA.

EVOLUTION, 2018; 72 (3): 679

Abstract

The repeated, independent evolution of traits (convergent evolution) is often attributed to shared environmental selection pressures. However, develop......

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