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The Effect Of Historical Legacy On Adaptation: Do Closely Related Species Respond To The Environment In The Same Way?, Rachel Prunier, Kent E. Holsinger, Jane E. Carlson
The Effect Of Historical Legacy On Adaptation: Do Closely Related Species Respond To The Environment In The Same Way?, Rachel Prunier, Kent E. Holsinger, Jane E. Carlson
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The many documented examples of parallel and convergent evolution in similar environments are strong evidence for the role of natural selection in the evolution of trait variation. However, species may respond to selection in different ways; idiosyncrasies of their evolutionary history may affect how different species respond to the same selective pressure. To determine whether evolutionary history affects trait-environment associations in a recently diverged lineage, we investigated within-species trait-environment associations in the white proteas, a closely related monophyletic group. We first used MANOVAs to determine the relative importance of shared response to selection, evolutionary history, and unique responses to selection …