Sentence examples for morphological divergence and from inspiring English sources

In explaining this separation of species, Rasmussen points to morphological divergence and significant differences in vocalization.

A series of detailed studies showed sharp genetic discontinuities between populations of western Mediterranean Veronica subgenus Pentasepalae, in spite of limited morphological divergence and widespread homoplasy [43] [46].

Understanding how animal body parts are structured to perform their function is crucial for understanding morphological divergence and adaptation in animal evolution [ 1- 7].

In contrast, the much older species flock in Lake Tanganyika is characterized by far higher average morphological divergence and, in comparison to Victoria, lacks species with intermediate morphotypes.

In this study we explore patterns of morphological divergence and the genetic signature of recent isolation in populations of nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) in northern Sweden.

Similar studies of fishes mainly focused on intralacustrine (within-lake) morphological divergence and resource polymorphism, with specialization on benthic food usually associated with a preference for littoral habitats with high structural complexity.

We tested the natural selection hypothesis through multivariate analyses of color-associated ecological (stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen) and morphological divergence (body shape and jaw morphology) across replicate populations, coupled with a common garden experiment.

Morphological divergence within and between plant species involving the presence versus absence of structures, as observed here for rostellum type, has often been demonstrated to have such a simple genetic basis [ 100– 103], and selection on such traits should lead to rapid evolutionary response [ 101, 103, 104].

Overall, morphological convergence within the QTP and H-D Mountains habitats is likely linked to the extreme morphological divergence between QTP and H-D Mountains endemics and their widespread relatives.

We conducted a nested MANCOVA using shape variables (uniform components and partial warps) as a multivariate measure of shapes to test the morphological divergence between rocky and pebbly zones (i.e., habitat type) and among local populations nested within habitat type.

Combined evidence for more substantial morphological divergence of BLUE and a lack of lineage-wide introgression between S-RED and BLUE [20], despite periods of secondary contact of neighbouring populations, is consistent with the suggestion that assortative female preference is more effective than post-mating isolation in maintaining morphological differentiation between divergent populations.