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Sexual selection predicts the rate and direction of colour divergence in a large avian radiation

Sexual selection is proposed to be a powerful driver of phenotypic evolution in animal systems. At macroevolutionary scales, sexual selection can theoretically drive both the rate and direction of phenotypic evolution, but this hypothesis remains contentious. Here, we find that differences in the ra...

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Autores principales: Cooney, Christopher R., Varley, Zoë K., Nouri, Lara O., Moody, Christopher J. A., Jardine, Michael D., Thomas, Gavin H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6467902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30992444
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09859-7