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Fig. 3 | BMC Ecology and Evolution

Fig. 3

From: Environmental niche and flight intensity are associated with molecular evolutionary rates in a large avian radiation

Fig. 3

Association between the hand-wing index and mitochondrial dN molecular rates across species of the avian family Furnariidae. The relationship changes with body mass, showing a positive association between molecular rates and hand-wing index in small-bodied species, whereas the association appears negative in large-bodied species. Colours represent mid-quartile values of body mass, where darker colours indicate species with greater body mass. The predicted regression lines are also coloured for each of the mid-quartile values of body mass. Molecular rates are shown normalized and under a Box-Cox transformation

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