Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Study shows treeshrews break evolutionary 'rules'

01/10/2018 12:37 PM EST

Northern Slender-tailed Treeshrew

According to a study published in the journal Ecology and Evolution, Tupaia glis, the common treeshrew, defies two widely tested rules that describe patterns of geographical variation within species: the island rule and Bergmann's rule.


Full story at https://news.yale.edu/2018/01/05/study-shows-treeshrews-break-evolutionary-rules

Source
Yale University


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