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Divergent genetic mechanism leads to spiny hair in rodents

2018-02-18

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Spines, or modified hairs, have evolved multiple times in mammals, particularly in rodents. In this study, we investigated the evolution of spines in six rodent families. We first measured and compared the morphology and physical properties of hairs between paired spiny and non-spiny sister lineages. We found two distinct hair morphologies had repeatedly evolved in spiny rodents: hairs with a grooved cross-section...

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Literature Corpus work: 265a0590-8032-542b-880b-c9127f5fad87
DOI: 10.1101/267385

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