apterism

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At the same time, this apterism would also have caused the isolation and diversification of this group.

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A recent phylogenetically-based analysis showed that apterism evolved recurrently throughout Geotrupidae evolution (Cunha, Verdú, Lobo and Zardoya, in preparation).

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jos? R. Verd? et al. 2010
The apterism could have facilitated the evolutionary emergence of alternative strategies to elevate body metabolism through trophically mediated mechanisms.

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The absence of phylogenetic propinquity in this diet-shift behavior suggest that apterism, a common condition of three species with this acorn diet-shift, could be the facilitation mechanism behind the evolutionary emergence of alternative diet-shift behavior in these dung beetles.

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In our opinion, both the capacity to consume hard resources and the apterism of Thorectes lusitanicus, T. baraudi and

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jos? R. Verd? et al. 2010