Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
Curr Biol. 2024 Apr 22;34(8):R323-R325. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.03.009.
The massive species richness of certain taxonomic groups has long enchanted evolutionary biologists, but even within such groups there are biases in cladogenesis. A study of Metazoa's greatest radiation - the beetles - points to metabolic symbioses with bacteria as a possible driver of enhanced diversification in herbivorous clades.
某些分类群的巨大物种丰富度长期以来一直令进化生物学家着迷，但即使在这些分类群中，也存在分支发育的偏见。对后生动物最大辐射——甲虫的研究表明，与细菌的代谢共生可能是草食性进化枝多样化增强的一个驱动因素。
