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Fern stems reveal secrets of evolution – how constraints in development can lead to new forms

There are few forms of the botanical world as readily identifiable as fern leaves. These often large, lacy fronds lend themselves nicely to watercolor paintings and tricep tattoos alike. Thoreau said ...
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AI species evolving like organisms may soon emerge – and create risks

Hungarian and Belgian researchers are drawing attention to the risks of the future of AI, and evolutionary biology may help ...
Newsweek

Evolution: Theory of How Humans Got Our Noses Challenged

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The story of how us humans—and other mammals—got our noses may have just gotten more complicated. This is the conclusion ...
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Modularity in development and evolution / edited by Gerhard Schlosser and Günter P. Wagner

Introduction : The modularity concept in developmental and evolutionary biology / Gerhard Schlosser and Günter P. Wagner -- Selector genes and the genetic control of developmental modules / Craig ...
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Ancient viral DNA may play a key role in early human development, new study suggests

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...
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Environment, development, and evolution : toward a synthesis / edited by Brian K. Hall, Roy Douglas Pearson, and Gerd B. Müller

Introduction : Evolution as the control of development by ecology / Brian K. Hall -- Ryuichi Matsuda : his contributions to the integration of the environment, physiology, and evolution / Roy Douglas ...