A Chinese triconodont mammal and mosaic evolution of the mammalian skeleton

Nature ◽  
10.1038/18665 ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 398 (6725) ◽  
pp. 326-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Qiang ◽  
Luo Zhexi ◽  
Ji Shu-an
Keyword(s):  
Mosaic Evolution

SPIDER DRAGLINE SILK: CORRELATED AND MOSAIC EVOLUTION IN HIGH-PERFORMANCE BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS

Evolution ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 60 (12) ◽  
pp. 2539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brook O. Swanson ◽  
Todd A. Blackledge ◽  
Adam P. Summers ◽  
Cheryl Y. Hayashi
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Biological Materials ◽  
Dragline Silk ◽  
Spider Dragline Silk ◽  
Mosaic Evolution

scholarly journals Mosaic evolution of prepropancreatic polypeptide. II. Structural conservation and divergence in pancreatic polypeptide gene.

1988 ◽  
Vol 263 (6) ◽  
pp. 2990-2997
Author(s):  
H Yonekura ◽  
K Nata ◽  
T Watanabe ◽  
Y Kurashina ◽  
H Yamamoto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pancreatic Polypeptide ◽  
Structural Conservation ◽  
Mosaic Evolution

scholarly journals New hominin fossils from Kanapoi, Kenya, and the mosaic evolution of canine teeth in early hominins

2012 ◽  
Vol 108 (3/4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fredrick K. Manthi ◽  
J. Michael Plavcan ◽  
Carol V. Ward
Keyword(s):  
Mosaic Evolution

Bony Patchwork: Mosaic Patterns of Evolution in the Skull of Electric Fishes (Apteronotidae: Gymnotiformes)

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 420-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kory M Evans ◽  
Marta Vidal-García ◽  
Victor A Tagliacollo ◽  
Samuel J Taylor ◽  
Dante B Fenolio
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Functional Specialization ◽  
Deep Time ◽  
Selective Pressures ◽  
Rates Of Evolution ◽  
Individual Traits ◽  
The Face ◽  
Electric Fishes ◽  
Mosaic Evolution

Abstract Mosaic evolution refers to the pattern whereby different organismal traits exhibit differential rates of evolution typically due to reduced levels of trait covariation through deep time (i.e., modularity). These differences in rates can be attributed to variation in responses to selective pressures between individual traits. Differential responses to selective pressures also have the potential to facilitate functional specialization, allowing certain traits to track environmental stimuli more closely than others. The teleost skull is a multifunctional structure comprising a complex network of bones and thus an excellent system for which to study mosaic evolution. Here we construct an ultrametric phylogeny for a clade of Neotropical electric fishes (Apteronotidae: Gymnotiformes) and use three-dimensional geometric morphometrics to investigate patterns of mosaic evolution in the skull and jaws. We find strong support for a developmental, three-module hypothesis that consists of the face, braincase, and mandible, and we find that the mandible has evolved four times faster than its neighboring modules. We hypothesize that the functional specialization of the mandible in this group of fishes has allowed it to outpace the face and braincase and evolve in a more decoupled manner. We also hypothesize that this pattern of mosaicism may be widespread across other clades of teleost fishes.

Paleoindian Projectile-Point Diversity in the American Southeast: Evidence for the Mosaic Evolution of Point Design

PaleoAmerica ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 218-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley M. Smallwood ◽  
Thomas A. Jennings ◽  
Charlotte D. Pevny ◽  
David G. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Projectile Point ◽  
American Southeast ◽  
Mosaic Evolution
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