How rats and mice came to have a unique masticatory apparatus, key to their evolutionary success
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 10:20
in Biology & Nature
Rats and mice are rodents that have been highly successful in evolutionary terms, as evidenced by their 584 present day species and their ability to adapt to very different environments. The reasons for this success are not yet clearly understood: one of them may be their masticatory apparatus, which is unique among rodents.