Radiation of extant cetaceans driven by restructuring of the oceans.

• Main Authors: Steeman, Mette E, Hebsgaard, Martin B, Fordyce, R Ewan, Ho, Simon YW, Rabosky, Daniel L, Nielsen, Rasmus, Rahbek, Carsten, Glenner, Henrik, Sørensen, Martin V, Willerslev, Eske
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2009
• Subjects: Animals; Cetacea; Likelihood Functions; Bayes Theorem; Sequence Alignment; Echolocation; Feeding Behavior; Computational Biology; Environment; Evolution; Molecular; Phylogeny; Base Sequence; Fossils; Oceans and Seas; Genetic Speciation; molecular phylogeny; palaeo-ocean restructuring; speciation; Life Below Water; Evolutionary Biology; Genetics; Rorqual; toothed whales
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/86c326j0

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...