'Reverse Evolution' In Real Time Provides Key Insights Into Basic Mechanisms Of Evolution

Monday, January 12, 2009 - 09:28 in Biology & Nature

Evolutionary biology tells us that replaying life's tape will not not look at all like the original. The outcome of evolution is contingent on everything that came before. Now, scientists have turned back the clock on the evolution in the fruit fly to provide key insights into the basic mechanisms of evolution.

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