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The Molecular Diversity of Adaptive Convergence

The pervasive presence of epistasis among beneficial mutations was inferred, which shaped adaptive trajectories into at least two distinct pathways involving mutations either in the RNA polymerase complex or the termination factor rho.
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Thermal dependence of muscle function.

In vivo, dynamic processes dependent on contractile rates are positively temperature dependent, although with markedly lower Q10 values than those of isolated muscle; Static force application in vivo is nearly temperature independent.
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Endothermy and activity in vertebrates.

Resting and maximal levels of oxygen consumption of endothermic vertebrates exceed those of ectotherms by an average of five- to tenfold. Endotherms have a much broader range of activity that can be…
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The thermal dependence of lizard behaviour

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PHYLOGENETIC STUDIES OF COADAPTATION: PREFERRED TEMPERATURES VERSUS OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE TEMPERATURES OF LIZARDS

A comparative study of evolutionary patterns in thermal preferences and the thermal dependence of sprinting in some Australian skinks suggests that low thermal preferences can evolve, even if this results in reduced performance.
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Phylogenetic approaches in comparative physiology

It is the personal opinion that the incorporation of phylogeny information into comparative studies has been highly beneficial, not only because it can improve the reliability of statistical inferences, but also because it continually emphasizes the potential importance of past evolutionary history in determining current form and function.
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Experimental tests of the roles of adaptation, chance, and history in evolution.

In both experiments, populations propagated in identical environments achieved similar fitnesses, regardless of prior history or subsequent chance events, and the evolution of cell size, a trait weakly correlated with fitness, was more strongly influenced by history and chance.
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Thermal dependence of locomotor capacity.

The thermal dependence of locomotor performance capacity, particularly speed and endurance, in vertebrate ectotherms is examined and controlled studies show partial but incomplete adaptation to environmental temperature.
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SELECTION ON LOCOMOTOR PERFORMANCE CAPACITY IN A NATURAL POPULATION OF GARTER SNAKES

    B. JayneA. F. Bennett
    Biology, Environmental Science
    Evolution; international journal of organic…
  • 1 August 1990
Selection on locomotor performance was determined for a series of marked and recaptured individuals from a population of garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi) in Northern California. We measured…
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Locomotor capacity and foraging behaviour of kalahari lacertid lizards

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