This process, whereby species evolve rapidly to exploit empty ecospace, is known as adaptive radiation. In his memoir, The Voyage of the Beagle, Darwin noted, almost as if in awe, "One might ...

"Without speciation, there would be no diversification of the organic world, no adaptive radiation, and very little evolutionary progress. The species, then, is the keystone of evolution." ...

Losos, J. B. Adaptive radiation, ecological opportunity, and evolutionary determinism. The American Naturalist 175, 623-639 (2010). Lynch, V. J. Live-birth in vipers (Viperidae) is a key ...

Yet, there are many examples of macroevolutionary phenomena found in the order Primates, including stasis, adaptive radiations, extinctions of entire lineages, co-evolution, and convergent evolution.

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the evolution of trophic interactions, and the roles of genetics, ecology and geography in speciation and adaptive radiation. To analyze the evolution of social behaviour, we use a large clade of ...

What triggered the evolutionary explosion in the diversity of snakes is adaptive radiation which is one of the biggest mysteries in biology.