evolutionary
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Discoveries & Research
A microRNA solves an evolutionary mystery of butterfly and moth wing coloration
Lepidopterans (butterflies and moths) exhibit a splendid diversity of wing colour patterns, and many species display black and white, or…
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Tiny worm makes for big evolutionary discovery
Everyone has a past. That includes the millions of species of insects, arachnids, and nematode worms that make up a…
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Study of mountaineering mice sheds light on evolutionary adaptation
Teams of mountaineering mice are helping advance understanding into how evolutionary adaptation to localized conditions can enable a single species…
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Evolutionary paths vastly differ for birds, bats
New Cornell University research has found that, unlike birds, the evolution of bats’ wings and legs is tightly coupled, which…
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New findings supply corrective to evolutionary hypothesis
For decades, researchers have observed that rates of evolution seem to accelerate over short time periods — say five million…
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