The Hindu·4 min read·medium
Hold tight! How two hurricanes forced a lizard to change its grip
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D.P. Kasbekar
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Researchers studying anoles in the Turks and Caicos Islands discovered that the lizards evolved physical changes to their limbs and toes to survive intense hurricane winds. A new study identifies specific genes, including hs6st1, that facilitate these rapid skeletal and muscular adaptations.
Picture a lizard the length of your finger clinging to a tree branch. The cause of its desperation is a 265 km/hr wind tearing through the air, threatening to peel it off like a loose sticker.
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