Adaptation and Natural Selection in Caves: The Evolution of Gammarus Minus
- ISBN-10
- 0674004256
- ISBN-13
- 9780674004252
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 223
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Authors
- David C. Culver, Thomas C. Kane, Daniel W. Fong
Description
Their work reveals the advantages of caves for studying natural selection: the highly simplified habitats found underground serve as a natural laboratory for the evolutionary biologist, and the distinctive morphological features of cave fauna provide a wealth of data on evolutionary history and natural selection.
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