Different Genes Cause Loss Of Body Parts -- Pelvis And Body Armor -- In Similar Fish
Friday, June 5, 2009 - 08:21
in Biology & Nature
New research shows that when two species of stickleback fish evolved and lost their pelvises and body armor, the changes were caused by different genes in each species. That surprised researchers, who expected the same genes would control the same changes in both related fish. The findings shed new light on how evolution produces diversity in nature, and on the evolution of limb loss.
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