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Jonathan B. Losos
Researcher at Washington University in St. Louis
Publications - 285
Citations - 31546
Jonathan B. Losos is an academic researcher from Washington University in St. Louis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Anolis & Adaptive radiation. The author has an hindex of 89, co-authored 274 publications receiving 28673 citations. Previous affiliations of Jonathan B. Losos include University of California, Davis & Avila University.
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Phylogenetic niche conservatism, phylogenetic signal and the relationship between phylogenetic relatedness and ecological similarity among species
TL;DR: A review of case studies indicates that ecological and phylogenetic similarities often are not related, and ecologists should not assume that phylogenetic niche conservatism exists, but rather should empirically examine the extent to which it occurs.
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Genetic variation increases during biological invasion by a Cuban lizard
Jason J. Kolbe,Richard E. Glor,Lourdes Rodríguez Schettino,Ada Chamizo Lara,Allan Larson,Jonathan B. Losos +5 more
TL;DR: It is shown that one key to invasion success may be the occurrence of multiple introductions that transform among- population variation in native ranges to within-population variation in introduced areas.
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Contingency and Determinism in Replicated Adaptive Radiations of Island Lizards
Jonathan B. Losos,Todd R. Jackman,Todd R. Jackman,Allan Larson,Allan Larson,Kevin de Queiroz,Kevin de Queiroz,Lourdes Rodrı́guez-Schettino,Lourdes Rodrı́guez-Schettino +8 more
TL;DR: This paper examined the evolutionary radiation of Anolis lizards on the four islands of the Greater Antilles and found that the same set of habitat specialists, termed ecomorphs, occurs on all four islands.
Book
Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree: Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of Anoles
TL;DR: This major work, written by one of the best-known investigators of Anolis, reviews and synthesizes an immense literature and illustrates how different scientific approaches to the questions of adaptation and diversification can be integrated and examines evolutionary and ecological questions of interest to a broad range of biologists.
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Convergence, adaptation, and constraint
TL;DR: Despite criticism from some systematically minded biologists, it is reaffirm that convergence in taxa occupying similar selective environments often is the result of natural selection, but convergent evolution of a trait in a particular environment can occur for reasons other than selection on that trait in that environment.