Adaptive Radiation

Recent Paper

Head Shape Modulates Diversification of a Classic Cichlid Pharyngeal Jaw Innovation

Edward D. Burress, Milton Tan, and Peter C. Wainwright

Blog and abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Nov-Burress.html

Natural History Note

Playing out Liem’s Paradox: Opportunistic Piscivory across Lake Tanganyikan Cichlids

Jimena Golcher-Benavides and Catherine E. Wagner

Blog and abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Aug-Golcher-Benavides.html

Does Population Structure Predict the Rate of Speciation? A Comparative Test across Australia’s Most Diverse Vertebrate Radiation

Sonal Singhal, Huateng Huang, Maggie R. Grundler, María R. Marchán-Rivadeneira, Iris Holmes, Pascal O. Title, Stephen C. Donnellan, and Daniel L. Rabosky

The Role of Geography in Adaptive Radiation

John J. Schenk and Scott J. Steppan

Lay summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/OctSchenk.html

Comparative Evolution of an Archetypal Adaptive Radiation: Innovation and Opportunity in Anolis Lizards

Steven Poe, Adrián Nieto-Montes de Oca, Omar Torres-Carvajal, Kevin de Queiroz, Julián A. Velasco, Brad Truett, Levi N. Gray, Mason J. Ryan, Gunther Köhler, Fernando Ayala-Varela, and Ian Latella

Evolution of Genetic Variance during Adaptive Radiation

Greg M. Walter, J. David Aguirre, Mark W. Blows, and Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos

Lay summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/AprWalter.html

Specialization to Extremely Low-Nutrient Soils Limits the Nutritional Adaptability of Plant Lineages

G. Anthony Verboom, William D. Stock, and Michael D. Cramer

Lay summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/JuneVerboom.html