| the population genomics of rapid adaptation: disentangling signatures of selection and demography in white sands lizards. | understanding the process of adaptation during rapid environmental change remains one of the central focal points of evolutionary biology. the recently formed white sands system of southern new mexico offers an outstanding example of rapid adaptation, with a variety of species having rapidly evolved blanched forms on the dunes that contrast with their close relatives in the surrounding dark soil habitat. in this study, we focus on two of the white sands lizard species, sceloporus cowlesi and asp ... | 2016 | 26363411 |