Lizard blizzard survivors tell story of natural selection

Lizard blizzard survivors tell story of natural selection 08/10/2017 07:59 AM EDT An unusually cold winter in the U.S. in 2014 took a toll on the green anole lizard, a tree-dwelling creature common to the southeastern United States. A new study offers a rare view of natural selection in this species, showing how the lizard survivors at the southernmost part of their range in Texas came to be more like their cold-adapted counterparts further north. The findings are reported in the journal Science. Full story at https://news.illinois.edu/blog/view/6367/538283 Source University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign This is an NSF News From the Field item.   Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 4201 Wilson Boulevard · Arlington, VA 22230 · 703-292-5111