Editing Macroevolution (section)

=== Behavior: Activity pattern in mice ===
Most animals are either active at night or during the day. However, some species switched their activity pattern from day to night or vice versa. For instance, the African striped mouse (''[[Four-striped grass mouse|Rhabdomys pumilio]]''), transitioned from the ancestrally [[Nocturnality|nocturnal]] behavior of its close relatives to a [[Diurnality|diurnal]] one. [[Whole genome sequencing|Genome sequencing]] and [[Transcriptomics technologies|transcriptomics]] revealed that this transition was achieved by modifying genes in the [[Rod cell|rod]] [[Visual phototransduction|phototransduction]] pathway, among others.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Richardson |first1=Rose |last2=Feigin |first2=Charles Y. |last3=Bano-Otalora |first3=Beatriz |last4=Johnson |first4=Matthew R. |last5=Allen |first5=Annette E. |last6=Park |first6=Jongbeom |last7=McDowell |first7=Richard J. |last8=Mereby |first8=Sarah A. |last9=Lin |first9=I-Hsuan |last10=Lucas |first10=Robert J. |last11=Mallarino |first11=Ricardo |date=August 2023 |title=The genomic basis of temporal niche evolution in a diurnal rodent |url=|journal=Current Biology |volume=33 |issue=15 |pages=3289–3298.e6 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.068 |pmid=37480852 |pmc=10529858 |bibcode=2023CBio...33E3289R |issn=0960-9822 }}</ref>