Reinitialization of evolutionary clocks during sublethal environmental stress in some invertebrates

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Title
Reinitialization of evolutionary clocks during sublethal environmental stress in some invertebrates
Journal
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Author(s)
Guex J.
ISSN-L
0012-821X
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2006
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
242
Pages
240-253
Language
english
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ISI:000235855100002
Abstract
This paper describes the influence of high environmental stress on
evolutionary trends in some selected Mesozoic ammonite lineages and some
protists. During extinction periods, many ammonoids are affected by
drastic simplifications of their shell geometry, ornamentation and
suture line. We observe that relatively tightly coiled ammonites can
give rise to highly evolute forms or uncoiled heteromorphs with simple
ornamentation and almost ceratitic suture line-a phenomenon called
"proteromorphosis". Such simplifications often correspond to a
reappearance of ancestral geometries (primitive ornamentation, evolute
coiling or uncoiling) which suggest that the evolutionary clock of these
organisms can be reinitialized by extreme, sublethal, environmental
stress such as giant volcanism (including its consequences on diverse
pollutions and on climatic changes) and major regressive events. (c)
2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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