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Digest: Ecomorphological convergence across the Atlantic *
Author(s) -
Ingley Spencer J.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
evolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.84
H-Index - 199
eISSN - 1558-5646
pISSN - 0014-3820
DOI - 10.1111/evo.13729
Subject(s) - biology , convergent evolution , phylogenetic tree , ecomorphology , convergence (economics) , atlantic forest , evolutionary biology , ecology , habitat , biochemistry , gene , economics , economic growth
Did the remarkable helicopter damselflies (family Pseudostigmatidae) evolve their unique feeding and oviposition behaviors independently on two continents? In this issue, Toussaint et al. use molecular phylogenetic approaches to provide convincing evidence that these “forest giants” are in fact an example of ecomorphological convergence across the Atlantic Ocean.