Tagged: animaldiversity

convergent evolution: the pandas’ thumb - BioBlog

Alison Campbell • Dec 15, 2011 •

• animal diversity,
• animaldiversity,
• blogging,
• evolution,
• new science stories,
• newsciencestories

 And yes, punctuation & grammar skillz, I has them :-) That apostrophe really is in the right place - read on to find out why.The tale of the panda's thumb is well-known, & an excellent example of how the action... Read More

talking about exaptations - BioBlog

Alison Campbell • May 24, 2011 •

• animal diversity,
• animaldiversity,
• evolution

During a lecture to our second-year evolutionary biology class I introduced the concept of exaptations: features that have evolved in one environmental context but which have been co-opted to fill a different role in a changed environment. This was in... Read More