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System. Biol. 48(2):396­399, 1999
Is the Rate of Molecular Evolution Inversely Related to Body Size?
JOSEPH B. SLOWINSKI1
AND BRIAN S. ARBOGAST2
1
Department of Herpetology, California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California 94118-4599,
USA; E-mail: jslowins@cas.calacademy.org
2
Department of Biology, Winston Hall, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109, USA
The wealth of molecular data generated
over the past two decades has led to the
documentation of highly disparate rates of
molecular evolution among different taxa.
Among the more intriguing studies is that of
Martin and Palumbi (1993), who presented
data (their Table 2) derived from a variety
of vertebrate taxa purporting to show that
the rate of molecular evolution is inversely

Source: Arbogast, Brian - Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Wilmington

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