Measuring Evolution
Selection and Galapagos finches
Selection on beak depth in G. fortis
Selection on G. magnirostris
Measuring natural selection
Stabilizing selection on song repertoires
Sample problem
Footprint fossils
Homo erectus footprints
Marine invertebrate burrow fossils
Phylogeny from behavior: duck courtship
Courtship similarity between ducks
What if behavioral phylogeny ƒ DNA phylogeny?
Infer trait evolution
Inferring discrete trait evolution
Inferring trait evolution
Phylogenies can be used to test adaptationist hypotheses
Female preferences evolved before male swordtails
or do they?
The comparative method and continuous characters
Sperm competition in primates
Infer continuous trait evolution
Phylogenetically independent contrasts
Testes size vs mating contrasts
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