are tenrecs an adaptive radiation ?
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Are tenrecs an adaptive radiation ?. Sive Finlay Trinity College Dublin @SiveFinlay. Acknowledgements. Dr. Natalie Cooper Members of N.E.R.D club Dr. François Gould Museum staff and technicians Kenton Kerns, Smithsonian Institution Funding: Irish Research Council Embark Initiative - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Are tenrecs an adaptive radiation?
Sive FinlayTrinity College Dublin
@SiveFinlay
Acknowledgements• Dr. Natalie Cooper• Members of N.E.R.D club• Dr. François Gould
• Museum staff and technicians• Kenton Kerns, Smithsonian Institution• Funding: Irish Research Council Embark Initiative
The European Commission CORDIS Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) Marie Curie CIG grant
Adaptive radiations
Adaptive radiations
Gavrilets and Losos (2009) Science
Adaptive radiations
Gavrilets and Losos (2009) Science
Adaptive radiations
Gavrilets and Losos (2009) Science
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Adaptive radiations
Trunk-ground Grass-bush
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Adaptive radiations
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Exceptional diversity?
Exceptional diversity?
Exceptional diversity?
Exceptional diversity?
Exceptional diversity?
Exceptional diversity?
Exceptional diversity?
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Are tenrecs an adaptive radiation?
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