Parallel evolution controlled by adaptation and covariation in ammonoid cephalopods

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A major goal in evolutionary biology is to understand the processes that shape the evolutionary trajectory of clades. The repeated and similar large-scale morphological evolutionary trends of distinct lineages suggest that adaptation...

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Main Authors: Klug Christian, De Baets Kenneth, Monnet Claude
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-04-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/115