What Would Have Happened If Darwin Had Discovered The Anoles Of The Greater Antilles Instead Of The Galapagos Finches?

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Ramon E. Martinez-Grimaldo

Maybe the classic Darwin evolutionary tree would…

Principal image modified from Alföldi et al.

What do you think about the hypothetical case?

Suggested reading:

Darwin’s Lizards: like Galapagos’ finches, anoles of the Greater Antilles have proved to be eminently adaptable. By Jonathan B. Losos and Kevin de Queiroz.

The genome of the green anole lizard and a comparative analysis with birds and mammals. By Jessica Alföldi et al.

Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree. Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of Anoles. By Jonathan B. Losos.

It is time for a new classification of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae). By Kirsten E. Nicholson et al.

Pages about Darwin Day:

International Darwin Day Foundation

Darwin Day » British Humanist Association

Educational sources:

Anolis Lizards of the Greater Antilles: Using Phylogeny to Test Hypotheses. By Jennifer (Johnson) Collins.

Anolis Ecomorph Visualization App

This another post about Darwin Day:

http://www.anoleannals.org/2012/02/12/happy-darwin-day/

About Ramon E. Martinez-Grimaldo

I'm a graduate biologist of the Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Recently I finished studies of Master degree in the Instituto de Biología (UNAM) like part of the Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas of the UNAM. My thesis topic was about the structure of the ecological niche of the phylogenetic group Anolis subocularis.

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One Response to What Would Have Happened If Darwin Had Discovered The Anoles Of The Greater Antilles Instead Of The Galapagos Finches?

Daniel Duff says:

February 13, 2013 at 12:53 am

This is a great blog about a species so often taken for granted! I recall being fascinated by my class Anolis in the 3rd grade, and it lead to a lifetime of curiosity.

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