In evolutionary biology, adaptive radiation is a process in which organisms diversify rapidly from an ancestral species into a multitude of new forms,...

their environment, they are termed adaptive radiations. Perhaps the most familiar example of an evolutionary radiation is that of placental mammals immediately...

species boundaries. Adaptive radiation Species complex Ecological speciation Gittenberger, E. (1991-08-01). "What about non-adaptive radiation?". Biological...

Mustelinae. Mustelid species diversity is often attributed to an adaptive radiation coinciding with the mid-Miocene climate transition. Contrary to expectations...

alliance provides a convincing natural case study in evolution by adaptive radiation, with the greensword representing one extreme of the genus' plasticity...

diverged to occupy different ecological niches (a process called adaptive radiation) and how sticklebacks have coevolved with their parasites. Most eco-evolutionary...

to adapt different environmental conditions and modes of life, it is called adaptive radiation. The gradual spreading of organisms with adaptive radiation...

evolutionary literature. Examples of divergence in nature are the adaptive radiation of the finches of the Galápagos, changes in mobbing behavior of the...

suborder. Antarctic fish are best known for their uses in studying adaptive radiation, the ecological process that causes the rapid development of several...

selected for three distinct traits, which played important roles in the adaptive radiation of terrestrial vertebrates: high maximum rate of aerobic metabolism...

flowering plants in the Triassic (~200 million years ago), with an adaptive radiation in the Cretaceous so rapid that Darwin called it an "abominable mystery"...

nymphs for growth and development. Their diversity is the result of an adaptive radiation on these plants, whose cyanide-based defenses the bugs have overcome...

living in the environment. Such clusters form through a process of adaptive radiation where a single ancestral species colonises an island that has a variety...

other finch. Their great morphological diversity is the result of adaptive radiation in an insular environment. Many have been driven to extinction since...

resolving relationships, tempo and biogeographic history of a mammalian adaptive radiation". BMC Biol. 6 (1): 4–5. doi:10.1186/1741-7007-6-10. PMC 2276185. PMID 18275614...

Resolving relationships, tempo and biogeographic history of a mammalian adaptive radiation". BMC Biology. 6: 10. doi:10.1186/1741-7007-6-10. PMC 2276185. PMID 18275614...

processes; the dung beetles, day geckos, and lemurs are all examples of adaptive radiation. Many bones (250 bones per square metre) of recently extinct vertebrates...

anole lizards. Anolis lizards are some of the best examples of both adaptive radiation and convergent evolution. Populations of lizards on isolated islands...

only be determined after the event. Adaptive evolution in the human genome Adaptive memory Adaptive mutation Adaptive system Anti-predator adaptation Body...

"non-adaptive radiation" referring to diversification not accompanied by adaptation into various significantly different niches. Such radiations are explanation...

Diversity and Size Disparity in Musteloidea: Testing Patterns of Adaptive Radiation Using Molecular and Fossil-Based Methods". Systematic Biology. 67...

particle radiation consists of particles of non-zero rest energy, such as alpha radiation (α), beta radiation (β), proton radiation and neutron radiation acoustic...

alliance. Botanist P. H. Raven referred to this radiation as "the best example of adaptive radiation in plants". Species in Argyroxiphium are perennial...

believed that the lever mechanism is a key factor in the speciation, adaptive radiation, and diversity of this large genus. George Bentham was first to give...

Susman, & Boggs. Life on Earth, Chapter: Biogeography, Graphic: Adaptive Radiation of Marsupials, p. 854-855. Wilson, Eisner, Briggs, Dickerson, Metzenberg...

evolutionary opportunities: in its wake, many groups underwent remarkable adaptive radiation—sudden and prolific divergence into new forms and species within the...

Diversity and Size Disparity in Musteloidea: Testing Patterns of Adaptive Radiation Using Molecular and Fossil-Based Methods". Systematic Biology. 67...

likely result in extinction (due to low adaptive value).: 115  In rare instances, chromosomal traits with adaptive value may arise, resulting in the origin...

Hawaiian honeycreeper—warbler-niched-(adaptive radiation), genus H. virens–common amakihi. (See: List of adaptive radiated honeycreepers) Wilson, Eisner...

Diversity and Size Disparity in Musteloidea: Testing Patterns of Adaptive Radiation Using Molecular and Fossil-Based Methods". Systematic Biology. 67...