In agreement with previous studies, we find evidence for acceleration in the evolution of UCP1 on the Eutherian lineage.
Further evidence for complexity in the evolution of LpTG-2 is apparent from the MT gene-based analysis.
First, despite the known propensity for mastreviruses to recombine during evolution [ 40], exemplified by the evidence of recombination in the evolution of two WDV isolates from China, the similarity of Rep-RepA and MP-CP Mastrevirus trees to one another suggests that recombination had been eliminated as a major factor shaping trees by concentrating on the coding regions.
In cetaceans, evidence regarding the evolution of echolocation is also equivocal but fossil evidence indicates that early species were toothed rather than possessing baleen and could hear underwater, though there is no evidence to date of anatomical specialisations associated with echolocation [62], [63].
In NZ, too, at least one group of small terrestrial mammals was present until at least the early Miocene, overlapping temporally and geographically with mystacinids [as recorded in the 19 16 Ma St Bathans Fauna; [ 5]], and so provides further evidence that the evolution of terrestriality in mystacinids did not arise in the absence of non-volant mammals in NZ.
In denying evolution, Cuvier disagreed with the views of his colleague Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, who published his theory of evolution in 1809, and eventually also with Geoffroy, who in 1825 published evidence concerning the evolution of crocodiles.
"The authors provide compelling evidence for the evolution of venom in frogs.
There is no evidence that the evolution of kleptoplasty in sea slugs involves LGT events.
Evidence on the evolution of invasiveness in plants is still limited (Barrett et al. 2008; Prentis et al. 2008), but the consensus is that invasiveness in exotic species introduced outside their range can sometimes result from post-introduction evolutionary change (Schierenbeck and Ellstrand 2009).
This paper presents evidence on the evolution of income inequality in Chile during the past two decades.
