Let there be light: Evolution of complex bioluminescent traits may be predictable

Tuesday, October 21, 2014 - 14:00 in Biology & Nature

A longstanding question among scientists is whether evolution is predictable. A team of researchers from University of California Santa Barbara may have found a preliminary answer. The genetic underpinnings of complex traits in cephalopods may in fact be predictable because they evolved in the same way in two distinct species of squid.

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