Hunters Speeding Up Evolution of Trophy Prey?

Monday, January 12, 2009 - 19:21 in Biology & Nature

Harvesting the biggest individuals causes a 300 percent faster evolution rate, leaving only smaller and younger animals to reproduce, a new study says.

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