Adaptive Radiation: Contrasting Theory with Data Export

@article{citeulike:4028584, abstract = {Biologists have long been fascinated by the exceptionally high diversity displayed by some evolutionary groups. Adaptive radiation in such clades is not only spectacular, but is also an extremely complex process influenced by a variety of ecological, genetic, and developmental factors and strongly dependent on historical contingencies. Using modeling approaches, we identify 10 general patterns concerning the temporal, spatial, and genetic/morphological properties of adaptive radiation. Some of these are strongly supported by empirical work, whereas for others, empirical support is more tentative. In almost all cases, more data are needed. Future progress in our understanding of adaptive radiation will be most successful if theoretical and empirical approaches are integrated, as has happened in other areas of evolutionary biology. 10.1126/science.1157966}, author = {Gavrilets, Sergey and Losos, Jonathan B.}, citeulike-article-id = {4028584}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1157966}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/323/5915/732}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19197052}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19197052}, day = {6}, doi = {10.1126/science.1157966}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {evolution}, month = {February}, number = {5915}, pages = {732--737}, posted-at = {2009-02-10 11:32:57}, priority = {2}, title = {Adaptive Radiation: Contrasting Theory with Data}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1157966}, volume = {323}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4028584 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4028584 N2 - Biologists have long been fascinated by the exceptionally high diversity displayed by some evolutionary groups. Adaptive radiation in such clades is not only spectacular, but is also an extremely complex process influenced by a variety of ecological, genetic, and developmental factors and strongly dependent on historical contingencies. Using modeling approaches, we identify 10 general patterns concerning the temporal, spatial, and genetic/morphological properties of adaptive radiation. Some of these are strongly supported by empirical work, whereas for others, empirical support is more tentative. In almost all cases, more data are needed. Future progress in our understanding of adaptive radiation will be most successful if theoretical and empirical approaches are integrated, as has happened in other areas of evolutionary biology. 10.1126/science.1157966 IS - 5915 JF - Science EP - 737 TI - Adaptive Radiation: Contrasting Theory with Data VL - 323 SP - 732 KW - evolution AU - Gavrilets, Sergey AU - Losos, Jonathan PY - 2009/02/06/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1157966 ER -