The Genome of the “Great Speciator” Provides Insights into Bird Diversification
Among birds, white-eyes (genus Zosterops) have diversified so extensively that Jared Diamond and Ernst Mayr referred to them as the “great speciator.” The Zosterops lineage exhibits some of the fastest rates of species diversification among vertebrates, and its members are the most prolific passerin...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2015
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4607525/ |