Rapid, independent evolution of flightlessness in four species of Pacific Island rails (Rallidae): an analysis based on mitochondrial sequence data

By B. Slikas, S. Olson, R. Fleischer. 2002

101 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Genetics

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In Ecology

1. J. Waters
2. D. Craw
3. C. Burridge
4. M. Wilson
5. R. McDowall
6. M. Crisp
7. R. Bauer

In Genetics

1. R. McDowall
2. M. Crisp
3. L. Cook
4. J. Waters
5. D. Craw
6. C. Burridge
7. M. Wilson

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• Directional asymmetry of long‐distance dispersal and colonization could mislead reconstructions of biogeography (2005, background): “Flightless species of birds also appear to have evolved repeatedly and independently following dispersal of their volant ancestors to oceanic islands (Trewick, 1997; Slikas et al., 2002).”
• Marine dispersal as a pre‐requisite for Gondwanan vicariance among elements of the galaxiid fish fauna (2012, background): “While recognition of the greater dispersal capabilities of ancestral lineages has been implicit during biogeographic studies of flightless birds and insects inhabiting young oceanic islands (Darlington, 1942; Trewick, 1997; Slikas et al., 2002), this possibility has only rarely been extended to thei”