Multiple Macroevolutionary Routes to Becoming a Biodiversity Hot Spot (1 of 1) (IMAGE)

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Multiple Macroevolutionary Routes to Becoming a Biodiversity Hot Spot (1 of 1)

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These specimens were collected and labelled on the second voyage of the HMS Beagle (1831 -1836) that carried Darwin to the Galapagos Islands. Researchers say these famously diverse finches are an iconic example of rapid speciation in a tropical hotspot. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Feb. 6th, 2019, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by J. Igea at University of Cambridge in Cambridge, UK, and colleagues was titled, "Multiple macroevolutionary routes to becoming a biodiversity hot spot."

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University of Cambridge / Chris Green

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