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Are tenrecs an adaptive radiation ?. Sive Finlay Trinity College Dublin @SiveFinlay. Acknowledgements. Dr. Natalie Cooper Members of N.E.R.D club Dr. François Gould Museum staff and technicians Kenton Kerns, Smithsonian Institution Funding: Irish Research Council Embark Initiative
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Are tenrecs an adaptive radiation? Sive Finlay Trinity College Dublin @SiveFinlay
Acknowledgements • Dr. Natalie Cooper • Members of N.E.R.D club • Dr. François Gould • Museum staff and technicians • Kenton Kerns, Smithsonian Institution • Funding: Irish Research Council Embark Initiative The European Commission CORDIS Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) Marie Curie CIG grant
Adaptive radiations Gavrilets and Losos (2009) Science
Adaptive radiations Gavrilets and Losos (2009) Science
Adaptive radiations Grass-bush Trunk-ground Trunk-crown Twig Gavrilets and Losos (2009) Science
Adaptive radiations Grass-bush Trunk-ground Trunk-crown Twig
Adaptive radiations Grass-bush Trunk-ground Exceptional diversity? Trunk-crown Twig
PC2 PC1
PC2 PC1
Disparity High
Disparity High Low
PC2 PC1
= Brownian Motion Model
Frequency Disparity
Frequency Disparity
Frequency Disparity
Frequency Disparity
Frequency Disparity
Frequency Disparity