Evolutionary innovation accelerates morphological diversification in pufferfishes and their relatives

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dc.citation.firstpage1869en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber11en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleEvolutionen_US
dc.citation.lastpage1882en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber78en_US
dc.contributor.authorTroyer, Emily Men_US
dc.contributor.authorEvans, Kory Men_US
dc.contributor.authorGoatley, Christopher H Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorFriedman, Matten_US
dc.contributor.authorCarnevale, Giorgioen_US
dc.contributor.authorNicholas, Benjaminen_US
dc.contributor.authorKolmann, Matthewen_US
dc.contributor.authorBemis, Katherine Een_US
dc.contributor.authorArcila, Dahianaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-20T15:52:05Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-11-20T15:52:05Zen_US
dc.date.issued2024en_US
dc.description.abstractEvolutionary innovations have played an important role in shaping the diversity of life on Earth. However, how these innovations arise and their downstream effects on patterns of morphological diversification remain poorly understood. Here, we examine the impact of evolutionary innovation on trait diversification in tetraodontiform fishes (pufferfishes, boxfishes, ocean sunfishes, and allies). This order provides an ideal model system for studying morphological diversification owing to their range of habitats and divergent morphologies, including the fusion of the teeth into a beak in several families. Using three-dimensional geometric morphometric data for 176 extant and fossil species, we examine the effect of skull integration and novel habitat association on the evolution of innovation. Strong integration may be a requirement for rapid trait evolution and facilitating the evolution of innovative structures, like the tetraodontiform beak. Our results show that the beak arose in the presence of highly conserved patterns of integration across the skull, suggesting that integration did not limit the range of available phenotypes to tetraodontiforms. Furthermore, we find that beaks have allowed tetraodontiforms to diversify into novel ecological niches, irrespective of habitat. Our results suggest that general rules pertaining to evolutionary innovation may be more nuanced than previously thought.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTroyer, E. M., Evans, K. M., Goatley, C. H. R., Friedman, M., Carnevale, G., Nicholas, B., Kolmann, M., Bemis, K. E., & Arcila, D. (2024). Evolutionary innovation accelerates morphological diversification in pufferfishes and their relatives. Evolution, 78(11), 1869–1882. https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpae127en_US
dc.identifier.digitalqpae127en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpae127en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/118059en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen_US
dc.rightsExcept where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the terms of the license or beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_US
dc.subject.keywordevolutionary innovationen_US
dc.subject.keywordtrait integrationen_US
dc.subject.keywordhabitat associationen_US
dc.subject.keywordTetraodontiformesen_US
dc.titleEvolutionary innovation accelerates morphological diversification in pufferfishes and their relativesen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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