scholarly journals Cope's Rule in a modular organism: Directional evolution without an overarching macroevolutionary trend

Evolution ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (9) ◽  
pp. 1863-1872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee Hsiang Liow ◽  
Paul D. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Directional Evolution ◽  
Cope’S Rule

scholarly journals AN EXPLANATION FOR COPE'S RULE

Evolution ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven M. Stanley
Keyword(s):  
Cope’S Rule

scholarly journals Cope’s Rule and the Universal Scaling Law of Ornament Complexity

2015 ◽  
Vol 186 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pasquale Raia ◽  
Federico Passaro ◽  
Francesco Carotenuto ◽  
Leonardo Maiorino ◽  
Paolo Piras ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scaling Law ◽  
Universal Scaling ◽  
Cope’S Rule

A model for the directional evolution of severe ocean storms

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. e2541 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Tendijck ◽  
E. Ross ◽  
D. Randell ◽  
P. Jonathan
Keyword(s):  
Directional Evolution

Ecological Specialization in Fossil Mammals Explains Cope’s Rule

2012 ◽  
Vol 179 (3) ◽  
pp. 328-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Raia ◽  
F. Carotenuto ◽  
F. Passaro ◽  
D. Fulgione ◽  
M. Fortelius
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Specialization ◽  
Fossil Mammals ◽  
Cope’S Rule

Directional evolution in germline microsatellite mutations

1996 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 391-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig R. Primmer ◽  
Hans Ellegren ◽  
Nicola Saino ◽  
Anders Pape Møller
Keyword(s):  
Directional Evolution

Cope's rule and the evolution of body size in Pinnipedimorpha (Mammalia: Carnivora)

Evolution ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 201-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morgan Churchill ◽  
Mark T. Clementz ◽  
Naoki Kohno
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Cope’S Rule

scholarly journals Cope's Rule and Romer's theory: patterns of diversity and gigantism in eurypterids and Palaeozoic vertebrates

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
James C. Lamsdell ◽  
Simon J. Braddy
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Feeding Strategy ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Large Body Size ◽  
Causal Mechanisms ◽  
Family Level ◽  
Cope’S Rule ◽  
Abiotic Environmental Factors

Gigantism is widespread among Palaeozoic arthropods, yet causal mechanisms, particularly the role of (abiotic) environmental factors versus (biotic) competition, remain unknown. The eurypterids (Arthropoda: Chelicerata) include the largest arthropods; gigantic predatory pterygotids (Eurypterina) during the Siluro-Devonian and bizarre sweep-feeding hibbertopterids (Stylonurina) from the Carboniferous to end-Permian. Analysis of family-level originations and extinctions among eurypterids and Palaeozoic vertebrates show that the diversity of Eurypterina waned during the Devonian, while the Placodermi radiated, yet Stylonurina remained relatively unaffected; adopting a sweep-feeding strategy they maintained their large body size by avoiding competition, and persisted throughout the Late Palaeozoic while the predatory nektonic Eurypterina (including the giant pterygotids) declined during the Devonian, possibly out-competed by other predators including jawed vertebrates.

scholarly journals Evolutionary branching under slow directional evolution

2014 ◽  
Vol 360 ◽  
pp. 290-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi C. Ito ◽  
Ulf Dieckmann
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Branching ◽  
Directional Evolution
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