How Evolution Learns From Past Environments To Adapt To New Environments
Sunday, November 9, 2008 - 23:14
in Biology & Nature
The evolution of novel characteristics within organisms can be enhanced when environments change in a systematic manner, according to a new study. Researchers suggest that in environments that vary over time in a non-random way, evolution can learn the rules of the environment and develop organisms that can readily generate novel useful traits with only a few mutations.
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