The genus Pseudamnicola Paulucci,1878,is commonly found throughout the Mediterranean region.The genus displays considerable levels of endemism,accompanied by notable systematic and taxonomic ambiguity.However,the appl...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31971414 and 31470471);the Finance Science and Technology Project of Hainan Province(ZDYF2018219)。
We used mitochondrial cytochrome b and ND4 genes and 9 microsatellite loci to determine genetic diversity,population structure,evolutionary history,and migration patterns within the Reeves’butterfly lizard Leiolepis ...
Ongoing consideration of the“biodiversity crisis”indicates that reaffirmation of Darwinian principles of selection and diversification,coupled with a longer view of the available and emerging data on biodiversity an...
This project received funding(to Hongying Sun)from the the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31471972 and 31772427).
One of the most striking radiations in brachyuran evolution is the considerable morphological diversification of the external reproductive structures of primary freshwater crabs:the male first gonopod(G1)and the femal...
supported by the China Scholarship Council(file number:201308180004).
In this brief report,time-varying(including both gradual and abrupt change)and time-constant diversification models are fitted on a phylogeny of endemic birds of China's Mainland to test the diversification patterns o...
Our research is sponsored by grants from the Natural Science Foundation of China(No:31272289,31172065,31101629,J1210002);a grant(Y229YX5105)from the Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
It is generally accepted that the high phenotypic diversity of mammals is a combined result of developmental constraint and ecological adaptation, although the influence of these endogenous and exogenous factors varie...
Francis D.Por Fedonkin MA,Gehling JG,Grey C,Narbonne GM,Vickers-Rich P(2007).Johns Hopkins University Press,Baltimore,USA.344 pp.ISBN 0801886791.US$75(Hardcover).Darwin was at a loss to explain the sudden appearance o...
Although the use of distinct colors to indicate unprofitability to predators(i.e.aposematism)is commonly thought of as an adaptation,our knowledge of its macroevolutionary effects is limited.Because aposematism is exp...