Moontanman Posted May 13, 2010 Report Posted May 13, 2010 Researchers Use Entire Islands in the Bahamas to Test Survival of the Fittest ScienceDaily (May 12, 2010) — By using entire islands as experimental laboratories, two Dartmouth biologists have performed one of the largest manipulations of natural selection ever conducted in a wild animal population. Their results, published online on May 9 by the journal Nature, show that competition among lizards is more important than predation by birds and snakes when it comes to survival of the fittest lizard. Researchers use entire islands in the Bahamas to test survival of the fittest Quote
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