Mice Living In Sandy Hills Quickly Evolved Lighter Coloration
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 20:14
in Biology & Nature
In a vivid illustration of natural selection at work, scientists have found that deer mice living in Nebraska's Sand Hills quickly evolved lighter coloration after glaciers deposited sand dunes atop what had been much darker soil.
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