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Morphological and niche divergence of pinyon pines
The environmental variables that define a species ecological niche should be associated with the evolutionary patterns present in the adaptations that resulted from living in these conditions. Thus, when comparing across species, we can expect to find an association between phylogenetically independ...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4803999/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27092235 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1994 |
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author | Ortiz‐Medrano, Alejandra Scantlebury, Daniel Patrick Vázquez‐Lobo, Alejandra Mastretta‐Yanes, Alicia Piñero, Daniel |
author_facet | Ortiz‐Medrano, Alejandra Scantlebury, Daniel Patrick Vázquez‐Lobo, Alejandra Mastretta‐Yanes, Alicia Piñero, Daniel |
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description | The environmental variables that define a species ecological niche should be associated with the evolutionary patterns present in the adaptations that resulted from living in these conditions. Thus, when comparing across species, we can expect to find an association between phylogenetically independent phenotypic characters and ecological niche evolution. Few studies have evaluated how organismal phenotypes might mirror patterns of niche evolution if these phenotypes reflect adaptations. Doing so could contribute on the understanding of the origin and maintenance of phenotypic diversity observed in nature. Here, we show the pattern of niche evolution of the pinyon pine lineage (Pinus subsection Cembroides); then, we suggest morphological adaptations possibly related to niche divergence, and finally, we test for correlation between ecological niche and morphology. We demonstrate that niche divergence is the general pattern within the clade and that it is positively correlated with adaptation. |
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spelling | pubmed-48039992016-04-18 Morphological and niche divergence of pinyon pines Ortiz‐Medrano, Alejandra Scantlebury, Daniel Patrick Vázquez‐Lobo, Alejandra Mastretta‐Yanes, Alicia Piñero, Daniel Ecol Evol Original Research The environmental variables that define a species ecological niche should be associated with the evolutionary patterns present in the adaptations that resulted from living in these conditions. Thus, when comparing across species, we can expect to find an association between phylogenetically independent phenotypic characters and ecological niche evolution. Few studies have evaluated how organismal phenotypes might mirror patterns of niche evolution if these phenotypes reflect adaptations. Doing so could contribute on the understanding of the origin and maintenance of phenotypic diversity observed in nature. Here, we show the pattern of niche evolution of the pinyon pine lineage (Pinus subsection Cembroides); then, we suggest morphological adaptations possibly related to niche divergence, and finally, we test for correlation between ecological niche and morphology. We demonstrate that niche divergence is the general pattern within the clade and that it is positively correlated with adaptation. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016-03-23 /pmc/articles/PMC4803999/ /pubmed/27092235 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1994 Text en © 2016 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Ortiz‐Medrano, Alejandra Scantlebury, Daniel Patrick Vázquez‐Lobo, Alejandra Mastretta‐Yanes, Alicia Piñero, Daniel Morphological and niche divergence of pinyon pines |
title | Morphological and niche divergence of pinyon pines |
title_full | Morphological and niche divergence of pinyon pines |
title_fullStr | Morphological and niche divergence of pinyon pines |
title_full_unstemmed | Morphological and niche divergence of pinyon pines |
title_short | Morphological and niche divergence of pinyon pines |
title_sort | morphological and niche divergence of pinyon pines |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4803999/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27092235 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1994 |
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