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Fred Ruhe

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Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar (2017)

Evolution: Catastrophe triggers diversification.

Nature (advance online publication)

doi:10.1038/nature21494

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature21494.html



An analysis of more than 2,000 species of bird provides insight into how the animals' diverse beak shapes evolved, and points to a single rare event as a trigger for the rapid initial divergence of avian lineages.

News:

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38810066

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Fred
 
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