Molecular Evolution and Adaptive Radiation

Preface; List of Contributors; Part I. Introduction: 1. Adaptive radiation and molecular evolution: concepts and research issues Thomas J. Givnish; 2. Homoplasy in molecular vs. morphological data: the likelihood of correct phylogenetic inference Thomas J. Givnish, and Kenneth J. Sytsma; Part II. Integrative Studies: 3. Adaptive radiation of the Hawaiian silversword alliance: congruence and conflict of phylogenetic evidence from molecular and non-molecular investigations Bruce G. Baldwin; 4. The chronicle of marsupial evolution Mark S. Springer, John A. W. Kirsch, and Judd A. Chase; 5. Evolutionary origins of phenotypic diversity in Daphnia John K. Colbourne, Paul D. N. Hebert, and Derek J. Taylor; 6. Evolutionary trends in the ecology of New World monkeys inferred from a combined phylogenetic analysis of nuclear, mitochondrial, and morphological data Inés Horovitz, and Axel Meye; 7. Adaptive radiation in the aquatic plant family Pontederiaceae: insights from phylogenetic analysis Spencer C. H. Barrett, and Sean W. Graham; 8. Molecular evolution and adaptive radiation in Brocchinia (Bromeliaceae: Pitcairnioideae) atop tepuis of the Guayana Shield Thomas J. Givnish, Kenneth J. Sytsma, James F. Smith, William J. Hahn, David H. Benzing, and Elizabeth M. Burkhardt; Part III. Convergence: 9. You aren't always what you eat: evolution of nectar-feeding among Old World fruitbats (Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae) John A. W. Kirsch, and François-Joseph Lapointe; 10. Chloroplast DNA restriction sites and floral versus non-floral characters in the obligate twig epiphytes in subtribe Oncidiinae (Orchidaceae) Mark W. Chase, and Jeffrey D. Palmer; 11. Adaptation, cladogenesis, and the evolution of habitat association in North American tiger beetles: a phylogenetic perspective Alfried P. Vogler; Part IV. Rapid Radiations: 12. Molecular phylogenetic tests of sympatric speciation models in Lake Malawi cichlid fishes Peter N. Reinthal, and Axel Mey; 13. A rapid adaptive radiation due to a key innovation in Aquilegia Scott Hodges; 14. Origin and evolution of Argyranthemum (Asteraceae: Anthemideae) in Macaronesia Javier Francisco-Ortega, Daniel J. Crawford, Arnoldo Santos-Guerra, and Robert K. Jansen; Part V. Reproductive Strategies: 15. Floral diversification, pollination biology, and molecular evolution in Platanthera (Orchidaceae) Jeffrey R. Hapeman, and Kenneth Inoue; 16. Phylogenetic perspectives on the evolution of dioecy: adaptive radiation in the endemic Hawaiian genera Schiedea and Alsinodendron (Caryophyllaceae: Alsinoideae) Ann K. Sakai, Stephen G. Weller, Warren L. Wagner, and Pamela S. Soltis; 17. Ecological and reproductive shifts in the diversification of the endemic Hawaiian Drosophila Michael P. Kambysellis, and Elysse M. Craddock; Part VI. Character Divergence and Community Assembly: 18. History of ecological selection in sticklebacks - uniting experimental and phylogenetic approaches Eric B. Taylor, James D. McPhail, and Dalph Schluter; 19. Phylogenetic studies of convergent adaptive radiations in Caribbean Anolis lizards Todd Jackman, Jonathan B. Losos, Allan Larson, and Kevin de Queiros; Part VII. Macroevolutionary Patterns: 20. Molecular and morphological evolution during the post-Palaeozoic diversification of echinoids Andrew B. Smith, and D. T. J. Littlewood; 21. How fast is speciation: molecular, geological and phylogenetic evidences from adaptive radiations of fish Amy R. McCune; Index.