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heterochrony |
evolutionary change due to alteration of developmental events |
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paedomorphosis |
descendant adults retain juvenile features of the ancestor (expl chimp, domesticated dog) |
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peramorphosis |
descendant adult with exaggerated features of the ancestral adult (irish elk) |
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mechanisms of macroevolution |
cladogenesis and lineage sorting |
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gambler's ruin model |
modeling origin and extinction of clades as a random process. Most clades don't survive long, few do. Total extinction is inevitable. |
