Flight demand and environmental niche are associated with molecular evolutionary rates in a large avian radiation
D. A. Duchene, P. Montoya, S. Claramunt, D. A. Cadena
The paper examines how flight-related metabolic demands and environmental factors influence molecular evolutionary rates in Furnariidae birds, finding associations between flight traits and mutation rates, and interactions between temperature and UV radiation with selection pressures.
bioRxiv · Jan 16, 2020 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology