Radiation of Extant Cetaceans Driven by Restructuring of the Oceans

• Published in: Systematic Biology
• Main Authors: Steeman, Mette E., Hebsgaard, Martin B., Fordyce, R. Ewan, Ho, Simon, Rabosky, Daniel L., Nielsen, Rasmus, Rahbek, Carsten, Glenner, Henrik, Sorensen, Martin V., Willerslev, Eske
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group
• Subjects: Keywords: animal; article; Bayes theorem; biology; Cetacea; echolocation; environment; feeding behavior; fossil; genetics; molecular evolution; nucleotide sequence; phylogeny; physiology; sea; sequence alignment; species differentiation; statistical model; Animals; Evolution; Molecular phylogeny; Palaeo-ocean restructuring; Speciation; Rorqual; toothed whales
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/59401; https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syp060; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/59401/5/u9511635xPUB488.pdf.jpg; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/59401/7/01_Steeman_Radiation_of_Extant_Cetaceans_2009.pdf.jpg

The remarkable fossil record of whales and dolphins (Cetacea) has made them an exemplar of macroevolution. Although their overall adaptive transition from terrestrial to fully aquatic organisms is well known, this is not true for the radiation of modern whales. Here, we explore the diversification o...