The Galápagos Islands offers a diversity of habitats (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

The Galápagos Islands offers a diversity of habitats

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A Galápagos National Park guide searching for Scalesia plants on Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos. New research shows how the island fuels parallel evolution, as Scalesia plants have evolved the same adaptive traits, but using different genes.  

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Photo: Michael D Martin, NTNU

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