Lizard Mother Assign Genes from Largest Mates to Sons

[china_kitty]

Just found this blog while visiting the National Geographic site.

Source: National Geographic

Comments

[mistressindi]

I love these little guys. They're all over the place where I live, and it gives me a happy to see them running about, doing their lizardly things.

eta: a. sagrei also can evolve damn quickly when it needs to.

[blasphemusfish]

I love studies like this, my favourite kind of "in yo face" to creationists.

I need to google for that one study where the lizards evolved to have completely different kinds of diets. Like insect eating to plant eating in a short amount of time, their digestive systems had a major overhaul, almost like creating a new species altoghether.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080421-lizard-evolution.html

YAY this one <3

[owlsie]

This also happened with Falcarius, a raptor dinosaur that evolved to eat leaves in a short time.

[blasphemusfish]

Google fu time.

oh god for some reason I found an anti evolution site and this line regarding transitional horse fossils made me cringe: " As for the fossils’ progressive increase in size, this is a mute point. Modern horses vary greatly in size, from small dog-sized miniatures to massive Belgians, Clydesdales, and Percherons."
Gee human selection had nothing to do with that >:C

ROARRR

[willowistari]

Awesome. :O

[firebird_88]

That's... incredibly badass. O.o You go, Mother Nature.

[adafrog]

Wow, this is very cool.

[pikku_gen]

Reminds me of the Bene Gesserit from Dune. Wonder when we'll learn the same thing? =)

[feralsurreality]

Dune. Yes.