Adaptation

Other online resources:

Rabbit natural selection simulator: (click to download the simulator)

Charles Darwin's Game of Survival

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1. What two types of rock pocket mice are found in New Mexico?

2. Which type is common around cooled lava rocks?

3. How did the rock pocket mice first gain this trait?

4. Using natural selection, explain why the mice developed into these two types.