Diversification of insects since the Devonian: a new approach based on morphological disparity of mouthparts

Abstract The majority of the analyses of the evolutionary history of the megadiverse class Insecta are based on the documented taxonomic palaeobiodiversity. A different approach, poorly investigated, is to focus on morphological disparity, linked to changes in the organisms’ functioning. Here we est...

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Main Authors: Patricia Nel, Sylvain Bertrand, André Nel
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/bd7d4b7c948640708a603a67883c62a8
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