Response to comment on ?Sexual selection promotes giraffoid head-neck evolution and ecological adaptation?

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: Wang, Shi-Qi; Meng, Jin; Mennecart, Bastien; Costeur, Loic; Ye, Jie; Li, Chunxiao; Zhang, Chi; Zhang, Ji; Aiglstorfer, Manuela; Wang, Yang; Wu, Yan; Wu, Wen-Yu; Deng, Tao
• 署名单位: Chinese Academy of Sciences; Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoanthropology, CAS; Chinese Academy of Sciences; American Museum of Natural History (AMNH); Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS; Huazhong University of Science & Technology; University of California System; University of California Berkeley; State University System of Florida; Florida State University; State University System of Florida; Florida State University
• 刊物名称: SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0036-11921
• DOI: 10.1126/science.ade3392
• 发表日期: 2023-02-17
• 关键词: horn

摘要

Hou et al. challenged the giraffoid affinity of Discokeryx and its ecology and behavior. In our response we reiterate that Discokeryx is a giraffoid that, along with Giraffa, shows extreme evolution of head-neck morphologies that were presumably shaped by selective pressure from sexual competition and marginal environments.