In honor of Charles Darwin's upcoming 200th birthday (it's February 12th), the editors of Nature decided to publish a selection of twelve different examples of evolution that have been uncovered by researchers in the past thirty or so years. Wired's science blog spotlights those examples here.
We have learned that there are two primary factors that drive [...]
Posted in DNA, celebrate, discuss, evolution, genetics, nature is strange sometimes
|
74 Comments
During our study of evolution, we have referred to the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) often and much, as it represents one of nature's most odd and curious animals. The platypus also happens to represent what is thought to have been one of evolution's greatest puzzles--how is it possible to have a mammal that lays eggs, [...]
Posted in discuss, evolution, genomics is a cool branch of biology, nature is strange sometimes
|
107 Comments