Meeting Abstract 18-1  Friday, Jan. 4 10:00 – 10:15  Adaptive Radiation in the Multidimensional Phenotype BODENSTEINER, BL*; MUÑOZ, MM; Virginia Tech; Virginia Tech bodenbro@vt.edu Adaptive radiations are considered a special case of evolutionary diversification in which a clade displays exceptional ecological and phenotypic diversity. A common feature uniting studies of adaptive radiation is that the ecology-phenotype connection […]

Meeting Abstract 18-3  Friday, Jan. 4 10:30 – 10:45  A classic evolutionary innovation does not lead to increased diversification BORSTEIN, S. R.*; MCGEE, M.D.; O’MEARA, B.C.; University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Monash University; University of Tennessee, Knoxville sam@borstein.com Evolutionary innovations, adaptive traits that allow species access to a new niche, are thought to promote diversification in clades that […]