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 Y. W., Rabosky, Daniel L., Nielsen, Rasmus, Rahbek, Carsten, Glenner, Henrik, Sørensen, Martin V., Willerslev, Eske
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2009
• Subjects: Regular Articles; Rorqual; toothed whales
• Online Access: http://sysbio.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/58/6/573; https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syp060

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...