Peter C. Wainwright
University of California, Davis
222 Papers
1.5K Citations
Peter C. Wainwright is an academic researcher from University of California, Davis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biology & Predation. The author has an hindex of 72, co-authored 211 publications. Previous affiliations of Peter C. Wainwright include Rochester Institute of Technology & University of California.
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Papers
Resolution of ray-finned fish phylogeny and timing of diversification
Thomas J. Near,Ron I. Eytan,Alex Dornburg,Kristen L. Kuhn,Jon A. Moore,Matthew P. Davis,Peter C. Wainwright,Matt Friedman,W. Leo Smith +8 more
TL;DR: A time-calibrated phylogeny reveals that much of the diversification leading to extant groups of teleosts occurred between the late Mesozoic and early Cenozoic, identifying this period as the “Second Age of Fishes.”
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Testing for different rates of continuous trait evolution using likelihood
TL;DR: General predictions regarding changes in phenotypic diversity as a function of evolutionary history and rates are developed, and tests are derived to evaluate rate changes, showing that these tests are more powerful than existing tests using standardized contrasts.
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Phylogeny and tempo of diversification in the superradiation of spiny-rayed fishes
Thomas J. Near,Alex Dornburg,Ron I. Eytan,Benjamin P. Keck,W. Leo Smith,Kristen L. Kuhn,Jon A. Moore,Samantha A. Price,Frank T. Burbrink,Matt Friedman,Peter C. Wainwright +10 more
TL;DR: Analysis of clade-specific shifts in diversification rates reveal that the hyperdiversity of living acanthomorphs is highlighted by several rapidly radiating lineages including tunas, gobies, blennies, snailfishes, and Afro-American cichlids, indicating there is no single explanation for the success of acanthomorphics.
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Ecological morphology : integrative organismal biology
TL;DR: The field of ecology and evolutionary biology has been extensively studied in the literature as discussed by the authors, where the relationship between an animal's anatomy and physiology - its form and function - and how the animal has evolved in, and can inhabit, a particular environment is examined.
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Many-to-One Mapping of Form to Function: A General Principle in Organismal Design?
TL;DR: The concept of many-to-one mapping of form to function is introduced and it is suggested that this emergent property of complex systems promotes the evolution of physiological diversity and may be involved in the uneven distribution of functional diversity seen among animal lineages.
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