Multiple genetic changes underlie the evolution of long-tailed forest deer mice
Evan P Kingsley, Krzysztof M Kozak, Susanne Pfeifer, Dou-Shuan Yang, Hopi E Hoekstra
The paper shows that long-tailed forest deer mice evolved independently through distinct genetic mechanisms affecting vertebral length and number.
bioRxiv · Feb 29, 2016Evolutionary Biology