We often see the results of evolution, but not the process directly. Now, scientists have been treated to front row seats of evolution unfolding in real time, as two similar lizard species ...

These findings provide a rare example of functional evolution in the vertebrate nervous system. The research might also come with implications for other elements of vertebrate evolution.

1 Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czechia 2 Laboratory of Genomics and Proteomics of Disease Vectors, Biology ...