#  How the Mammal Got Its Stripes 

 





November 02, 2016

 

 

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Research Associate, **Ricardo Mallarino,** and **Hopi Hoekstra** looked to the African striped mouse to investigate the periodic stripes pattern, which is common in mammals. Their findings, [published in the lastest issue of Nature](http://www.nature.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature20109.html), reveal the mechanisms that lead to the evolution of these patterns. Media coverage: [BBC News](http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37828673), [The Atlantic](http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/11/how-the-mouse-got-its-stripes/506219/), [Nature News](http://www.nature.com/news/deciphering-the-genes-that-give-mammals-their-stripes-and-patterns-1.20909), [Science News](http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/11/key-zebra-stripes-may-be-found-african-mouse), [HHMI News](http://www.hhmi.org/news/how-african-striped-mouse-got-its-stripes#.WBpA_lJuN2E.twitter), [The Scientist](http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/47412/title/How-These-Rodents-Got-Their-Stripes/), [Society for Science and the Pubic](https://www.sciencenews.org/article/gene-gives-mice-and-chipmunks-their-pinstripes?tgt=nr).

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