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Sunday, February 10, 2002


Simple error means big change. Scientists hail new research which claims to show how simple genetic changes could produce entirely new animals. [BBC News: sci/tech]

A very important result. The idea of master developemntal genes for body type has been around for a while but this is a very elegant proof hat these sorts of changes can have a large effect without creating monsters and can be dominant, making it easier to spread a useful mutation.  5:54:56 PM    



 
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