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August 16, 2025Open Access

Adaptive radiation along ecological and morphological lines of least resistance in Cyprinodon pupfishes

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CMChristopher H. MartinMuseum of Vertebrate ZoologyAZA. ZapataUniversidad Complutense de MadridRPRosana ParedesPacific Rim Engineering (United States)

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Observational analysis explores adaptive radiation patterns in Cyprinodon pupfishes, suggesting ecological and morphological lines constrain divergence.

Key Points

  • Ecological and morphological variance may restrict adaptive divergence in Cyprinodon pupfishes, indicating significant constraints in specialization.
  • The study finds congruence between dietary variance and interspecific divergence, highlighting ecological influences in radiation.
  • Through comparative analysis of species, genetic constraints in generalist populations are shown to shape adaptive diversity.
  • Understanding these ecological lines of least resistance may open new avenues for research in evolutionary biology.

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Martin et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af59d7ad7bf08b1eade4e2https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.13.670168
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