Summary: Genetics of Morphology
Explore how Hopi Hoekstra, a professor at Harvard University, reveals how her laboratory uses deer mice (Peromyscus) to investigate how changes in DNA drive adaptations for survival and reproduction across diverse habitats.
Topics
- AP
- AP Biology
- AP Bio
- next generation science standards
- NGSS
- morphology
- gene mutations
- selective pressures
- traits
- natural selection
- color variation
- oldfield mice
- deer mice
- pigmentation
- survival
- adaptation
- hybrids
- phenotype
- genotype
- convergent evolution