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Brown anole (Anolis sagrei)

Risk and Reward: Lizards Demonstrate Role of Natural Selection in Shaping Behavior

Posted by David Slipher on May 31, 2018
Tiny lizards in the Bahamas are providing scientists with new insights into evolution in isolated environments. In a new paper in the journal Science, biologists analyzed the risk-taking actions of the brown anole (Anolis sagrei) to better understand how animal behavior is influenced by natural selection.
Ecology and Environment
Louie Yang

Louie H. Yang

  • Associate Professor
  • Department of Entomology and Nematology
  • Center for Population Biology
Research Interests: Overview | What are the consequences of shifts in the relative timing of species interactions in the milkweed-arthropod community? | How do pulsed subsidies of seaweed affect island communities?
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