Tuesday, October 17, 2017

An evolving sticky situation

10/17/2017 05:25 PM EDT

the beneficial trait of sticky toe pads

While many animals try to avoid sticky situations, lizards evolved to seek them out. Travis Hagey, Michigan State University evolutionary biologist, shows how different groups of lizards--geckos and anoles--took two completely different evolutionary paths to developing the beneficial trait of sticky toe pads.


Full story at http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2017/an-evolving-sticky-situation/?utm_campaign=media-pitch&utm_medium=email

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Michigan State University


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