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Predictable evolution towards larger brains in birds colonizing oceanic islands

Theory and evidence suggest that some selective pressures are more common on islands than in adjacent mainland habitats, leading evolution to follow predictable trends. The existence of predictable evolutionary trends has nonetheless been difficult to demonstrate, mainly because of the challenge of...

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Autores principales: Sayol, Ferran, Downing, Philip A., Iwaniuk, Andrew N., Maspons, Joan, Sol, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6068123/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30065283
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05280-8