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Next-generation cophylogeny: unravelling eco-evolutionary processes
Isabel Blasco-costaJuan Antonio BalbuenaRobert PoulinAlexander Haywardsubject
0106 biological sciences0303 health sciencesEcologyEco evolutionaryComputer scienceDiversification (marketing strategy)Biological Evolution010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesData science03 medical and health sciencesCospeciationTraitSymbiosisRelevant informationPhylogenyEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics030304 developmental biologydescription
A fundamental question in evolutionary biology is how microevolutionary processes translate into species diversification. Cophylogeny provides an appropriate framework to address this for symbiotic associations, but historically has been primarily limited to unveiling patterns. We argue that it is essential to integrate advances from ecology and evolutionary biology into cophylogeny, to gain greater mechanistic insights and transform cophylogeny into a platform to advance understanding of interspecific interactions and diversification more widely. We discuss key directions, such as incorporating trait reconstruction and considering multiple scales of network organization, and highlight recent developments for implementation. A new quantitative framework is proposed to allow integration of relevant information, such as quantitative traits and assessment of the contribution of individual mechanisms to cophylogenetic patterns.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-01 |