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Table 4 Evidence for an adaptive radiation in the Tanganyika clade following the criteria of Schluter (2000)

From: Support for a radiation of free-living flatworms in the African Great Lakes region and the description of five new Macrostomum species

Criteria

Status in the Tanganyika Clade

Common descent

Yes

Rapid speciation

Yes

Phenotype-environment correlation

Unclear: Diversification of habitat and morphology.

Trait utility

Unclear: Candidate traits for reproduction and ecology.

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Frontiers in Zoology

ISSN: 1742-9994