05.15.08

Evolution in reverse gear

Posted in Evolution at 3:39 pm by nemo

Rapid, Dramatic ‘Reverse Evolution’ Documented In The Threespine Stickleback Fish
ScienceDaily (May 15, 2008) — Evolution is supposed to inch forward over eons, but sometimes, at least in the case of a little fish called the threespine stickleback, the process can go in relative warp-speed reverse, according to a study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and published online ahead of print in the May 20 issue of Current Biology.

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    May 15, 2008 at 5:41 pm

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