Adaptation to harshness is fundamentally different from the adaptive stress response: Results from a 20 years long case study in African striped mice
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Animals in harsh environments rely on specialised adaptations. Two decades of field research on African striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio) in the Succulent Karoo semi-desert reveal a distinct ‘harshnes...