Origins and evolution of biological novelty

• Published in: Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Vol. 98; no. 5; pp. 1472 - 1491
• Main Authors: Carscadden, Kelly A., Batstone, Rebecca T., Hauser, Frances E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2023
• Subjects: Biological effects; Biological evolution; Developmental biology; Evolution; Gene duplication; gene loss; gene transfer; hybridisation; Hybridization; innovation; introgression; mutation; New species; novelty; Origins; Symbiosis; innovation; mutation; gene loss; gene transfer; novelty; gene duplication; symbiosis; evolution; hybridisation; introgression

ABSTRACT Understanding the origins and impacts of novel traits has been a perennial interest in many realms of ecology and evolutionary biology. Here, we build on previous evolutionary and philosophical treatments of this subject to encompass novelties across biological scales and eco‐evolutionary p...