Commercial Harvesting Has Driven the Evolution of Camouflage in an Alpine Plant
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.078
Abstract: Color in nature mediates numerous among and within species interactions,1 and anthropogenic impacts have long had major influences on the color evolution of wild animals.2 An under-explored area is commercial harvesting, which in animals can… read more here.
Keywords: harvesting driven; evolution; evolution camouflage; commercial harvesting ... See more keywords
Repeated evolution of camouflage in speciose desert rodents
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-03444-y
Abstract: There are two main factors explaining variation among species and the evolution of characters along phylogeny: adaptive change, including phenotypic and genetic responses to selective pressures, and phylogenetic inertia, or the resemblance between species due… read more here.
Keywords: habitat; camouflage speciose; repeated evolution; evolution camouflage ... See more keywords