Megaevolutionary dynamics in reptiles and the role of adaptive radiations in evolutionary innovation
T. R. Simoes, O. Vernygora, M. W. Caldwell, S. E. Pierce
The paper examines evolutionary dynamics in reptiles, finding decoupling between phenotypic and molecular evolution rates, with high rates at the origin of major clades like snakes.
bioRxiv · Apr 22, 2020Evolutionary Biology