Cope’s rule
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Cope’s rule is an evolutionary hypothesis proposing that animal lineages tend to increase in body size over geological time.
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
evolutionary hypothesis
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macroecological pattern ⓘ |
| appliesTo | animal lineages ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
ecological constraints on body size
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extinction risk of large-bodied species ⓘ selective advantages of large body size ⓘ |
| challengedBy |
lineages with body size decrease
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lineages with body size stasis ⓘ |
| concerns |
body size evolution
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macroevolutionary trends ⓘ |
| context |
patterns of diversification and extinction
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relationship between body size and fitness ⓘ |
| describes | tendency for body size to increase over geological time ⓘ |
| field |
evolutionary biology
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paleontology ⓘ |
| hasDebate |
statistical support in fossil record
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universality of body size increase across clades ⓘ |
| hasImplication |
body size distributions of clades may shift over time
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evolutionary trends may be directional ⓘ |
| hasLimitation |
detection depends on sampling and methods
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not all clades show size increase ⓘ |
| involves |
analysis of fossil time series
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comparative methods in phylogenetics ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Edward Drinker Cope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposes | lineages tend to evolve larger body sizes ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bergmann’s rule
NERFINISHED
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macroevolutionary trends in body size ⓘ phyletic size increase ⓘ |
| sometimesClassifiedAs |
empirical generalization from fossil data
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evolutionary trend ⓘ |
| studiedUsing |
fossil invertebrate datasets
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fossil vertebrate datasets ⓘ statistical models of trait evolution ⓘ |
| supportedBy | some fossil vertebrate lineages ⓘ |
| timeScale | geological time ⓘ |
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