Convergent adaptation of true crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura) to a gradient of terrestrial environments
J. M. Wolfe, L. Ballou, J. Luque, V. M. Watson-Zink, S. T. Ahyong, J. Barido-Sottani, T.-Y. Chan, K. H. Chu, K. A. Crandall, S. R. Daniels, D. L. Felder, H. Mancke, J. W. Martin, P. K. L. Ng, J. Ortega-Hernandez, , H. D. Bracken-Grissom
This study reconstructs the evolutionary history of true crabs to understand their adaptation to terrestrial environments, finding multiple convergent transitions from marine to terrestrial lifestyles.
bioRxiv · Dec 9, 2022Evolutionary Biology