Macroevolution of Complex Morphologies

A goal of macroevolutionary theory is to explain both diversity and disparity ¿ different sometimes uncorrelated characteristics of lineages. These actively researched questions, the growing number of case studies, and the increasingly rigorous theory, has resulted in the re-examination of classical models for evolutionary tempo and mode. Time-calibrated molecular phylogenies are now used in conjunction with quantitative analyses of morphology to evaluate models of evolution. For example, mathem... (Læs mere)