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Bimodality of evolutionary rates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2016

Lev R. Ginzburg
Lev R. Ginzburg*
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Ecology and Evolution Department, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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Abstract

A simple theoretical argument shows that the evolutionary process will look gradual if it is considered on too fine or too coarse a time scale. There exists an intermediate time scale in which the distribution of evolutionary rates will appear as bimodal.

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Paleobiology , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , Fall 1981, pp. 426 - 429
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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