Trends Brian O’Meara EEB464 Fall 2017 http://pinchmealfredo.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html http://scienceblogs.com/deepseanews/2007/04/why_is_the_giant_isopod_giant.php Brian O’Meara EEB464 Fall 2017
Learning objectives Understand kinds of biological trends Describe ways to test these trends
Widespread tendency of many animal groups to grow towards larger sizes Cope’s Rule Widespread tendency of many animal groups to grow towards larger sizes http://darwiniana.org/horses.htm
What could explain a trend? How would you test it?
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Alroy. Understanding the dynamics of trends within evolving lineages Alroy. Understanding the dynamics of trends within evolving lineages. Paleobiology (2000) vol. 26 (3) pp. 319-329
on right, open and closed are different clades with different starting points. Note how hard to tell apart the subfigures are Alroy. Understanding the dynamics of trends within evolving lineages. Paleobiology (2000) vol. 26 (3) pp. 319-329
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