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Engineers Crash the Evolution Party, Rethink Biological Variation

Miller and Luskin discuss fruit flies, finch beaks, stickleback fish, mutational hotspots, phenotypic plasticity, and the gravity well model. Read More ›
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Studies on Insect Wings Validate Engineering Models for Adaptation

The “long-winged” phenotype is generated if the environmental conditions deteriorate due to reduced food supply or overpopulation. Read More ›

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