Citation Victoria L. Herridge and Adrian M. Lister, Extreme insular dwarfism evolved in a mammoth, Proceedings of the Royal Society B [Biological Sciences], doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0671 (published online before print, 09 May 2012) What is the evolutionary effect described as the “island rule”? The authors explain the evolutionary effect of island confinement as having (i) a [...]
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