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Re: Rapid Lizard Evo

> A study on Anole lizards deliberately introduced to
> various islands found 
> much the same thing. It seems that phenotypic
> plasticity can take up the 
> slack in the short term, resulting in physical
> changes without the need for 
> any genetic change. The same may be the case in this
> instance. 

See also:
doi:10.1073/pnas.0406440101
doi:10.1098/rspb.2006.3479
doi:10.1017/S1367943005002374

Eike


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