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A new explanation for unexpected evolution in body size
Bigger is apparently frequently fitter, and body size is typically heritable, so why don’t animals in wild populations evolve towards larger sizes? Different explanations have been proposed for this apparent “paradox of stasis.” A new study of snow voles in the Swiss Alps finds higher survival in an...
Autor principal: | Kruuk, Loeske E. B. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5321426/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28225765 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2001832 |
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