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Loss of flight promotes beetle diversification

The evolution of flight is a key innovation that may enable the extreme diversification of insects. Nonetheless, many species-rich, winged insect groups contain flightless lineages. The loss of flight may promote allopatric differentiation due to limited dispersal power and may result in a high spec...

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Autores principales: Ikeda, Hiroshi, Nishikawa, Masaaki, Sota, Teiji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Pub. Group 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3272566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22337126
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1659