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something, usually from something simple to more complex. Now, when one
traits.
population. The evidence for these examples of adaptive evolution are rare
Method and Materials: The alpine snow vole population was studied from
2006 to 2014, in the central Alps of Switzerland. The study was conducted at
an altitude of about 6,660 ft. above sea level. Trapping occurred in the
months of May-October, when there was an absence of snow. Tissue samples
were collected in order to determine DNA structure and to confirm sex of all
years during the trapping season, 3,382 captures of 937 individuals were
studied.
Results: After having had followed individual voles throughout their entire
lives, it was found that body mass is heritable and that heavy voles have a
higher fitness however its not the mass that cause the higher fitness levels.
The heritable trait of body mass was not a trait passed on for evolutionary
purposes. This obviously revealed that the population did evolve over time,
for juveniles. Juveniles that were initially smaller, required less time to grow
Discussion: The surprising thing about this all, is that the genetic evolution
heritable, but the overall size of the population, not only in numbers but in
discussed before, that the mass of the population would gradually increase
due to the survival of the fittest factor. However, it was interestingly found
that due to a need to mature and reproduce quickly before the first snow fall,
Bibliography: http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?
id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002592