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Winter conditions, not resource availability alone, may drive reversible seasonal skull size changes in moles
Seasonal changes in the environment can lead to astonishing adaptations. A few small mammals with exceptionally high metabolisms have evolved a particularly extreme strategy: they shrink before winter and regrow in spring, including changes of greater than 20% in skull and brain size. Whether this p...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9449468/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36133148 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220652 |