Can Genomic Changes Be Linked To Ecological Disruptions?

(Raup 1989; Courtillot 1990; Raup 1992; Rampino, Haggerty et al. 1997; Erwin 2001; Pave, Herve et al. 2002; Sole, Montoya et al. 2002; Sheehan and Harris 2004; Liow and Stenseth 2007; Avise, Hubbell et al. 2008; Brook, Sodhi et al. 2008; Haloin and Strauss 2008; Sengor, Atayman et al. 2008; Bascompte and Stouffer 2009; Bell and Gonzalez 2009; Boots, Best et al. 2009; Dunn, Harris et al. 2009; Krug, Jablonski et al. 2009; Simpson and Kiessling 2009; Hansen 2011; Newton and Bordenstein 2011; Schoener 2011)

Fossil record

(Alvarez, Alvarez et al. 1980; Raup and Sepkoski 1982; Alvarez 1983; Schopf and Hoffman 1983; Raup and Sepkoski 1984; Raup 1986; Raup and Sepkoski 1986; Alvarez 1987; Raup and Boyajian 1988; Jablonski 1989; Sepkoski 1989; Alvarez and Asaro 1990; Raup 1993; Raup and Jablonski 1993; Raup 1994; Benton 1995; Jablonski and Raup 1995; Erwin 1998; Seong-Joo and Golubic 1998; Kirchner and Weil 2000; Kirchner and Weil 2000; Schopf 2000; Alroy, Marshall et al. 2001; Cloudsley-Thompson 2001; Pave, Herve et al. 2002; Sole, Montoya et al. 2002; Krug and Patzkowsky 2004; Jablonski 2005; Erwin 2006; Schopf 2006; McElwain and Punyasena 2007; Alroy 2008; Mayhew, Jenkins et al. 2008; Sahney and Benton 2008; Bengtson, Belivanova et al. 2009; Brayard, Escarguel et al. 2009; Johnson 2009; Marshall and Jacobs 2009; Quental and Marshall 2009; Stanley 2009; Xiao and Laflamme 2009; Hu, Zhang et al. 2010; Schulte, Alegret et al. 2010; Ruhl, Bonis et al. 2011; William Schopf 2011; Yuan, Chen et al. 2011)

Microbial and plastid evolution, microbiogeochemistry and the biosphere

(Seong-Joo and Golubic 1998; Hacker and Carniel 2001; Lindsay and Brasier 2002; Armbrust, Berges et al. 2004; Payne, Lehrmann et al. 2004; Eigenbrode and Freeman 2006; Aminov and Mackie 2007; Valentine 2007; Ventura 2007; Ash, Foley et al. 2008; Bohannon 2008; Caldwell, Laidler et al. 2008; Cohan and Koeppel 2008; Nakagawa and Takai 2008; O'Malley 2008; Sleep and Bird 2008; Strom 2008; Fraser, Alm et al. 2009; Gast, Sanders et al. 2009; Ghosh and Dam 2009; Berg, Kockelkorn et al. 2010; Mentel and Martin 2010; Schleper and Nicol 2010; Anderson, Scheuner et al. 2011; Croucher, Harris et al. 2011; Green 2011; Hansen 2011; Hugler and Sievert 2011; Jarrell, Walters et al. 2011; Khomyakova, Bukmez et al. 2011; Ruhl, Bonis et al. 2011; Smeulders, Barends et al. 2011; Tirichine and Bowler 2011; William Schopf 2011)

Animal evolution

(Jablonski and Raup 1995; Cracraft 2001; Donoghue and Purnell 2005; Teeling, Springer et al. 2005; Costantini 2008; Johnson 2009; Rho, Zhou et al. 2009; Collin 2010; Danovaro, Dell'Anno et al. 2010; Mentel and Martin 2010; Sallan and Coates 2010)

Plant evolution

(Regal 1977; Rieseberg 2003; Selosse, Baudoin et al. 2004; Pennington, Richardson et al. 2006; McElwain and Punyasena 2007; Berendse and Scheffer 2009; Fawcett, Maere et al. 2009; Fawcett, Maere et al. 2009; Pereyra, Bergstrom et al. 2009; Soltis and Burleigh 2009; Friis, Pedersen et al. 2010; Nagalingum, Marshall et al. 2011; Paun, Bateman et al. 2011; Proost, Pattyn et al. 2011; Sun, Dilcher et al. 2011)

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