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The neoteny goldilocks zone: The evolution of neoteny in .
Ecol Evol
April 2024
Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering Swansea University Swansea UK.
Article Synopsis
- Neoteny in organisms, like salamanders, allows them to reach sexual maturity while retaining juvenile traits, such as aquatic features, leading to different life stages called non-neotenic, facultatively neotenic, and obligately neotenic.
- Research reveals that neoteny is more common in a specific latitudinal range (20-30° North) and that facultatively neotenic species thrive at higher elevations compared to others.
- The study indicates that while evolutionary shifts between non-neotenic and facultative neotenic forms are relatively common, obligate neoteny evolves slower and is often lost quicker, linking its rarity to environmental factors, particularly in low-latitude areas.
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