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The living fossils of brain evolution

(Phys.org) -- In the course of its evolution, the architecture of the mouse brain may have barely changed. Similar to the tiny ancestors of modern mammals that lived about 80 million years ago, nerve cells ...

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Not a one-way street: Evolution shapes environment of Connecticut lakes

Environmental change is the selective force that preserves adaptive traits in organisms and is a primary driver of evolution. However, it is less well known that evolutionary change in organisms also trigger ...

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Seeing color traced back to genetic mutations

From the inside of our heads, it feels as if colors are intrinsic aspects of the outside world and our eyes are beautifully designed to see them. But we humans are merely sampling the possible ways of sensing the spectrum ...

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created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 4

Yellow monkey flower could shed light on evolution's mysteries

(Phys.org) -- The French impressionist Claude Monet once credited flowers as the reason for him “having become a painter.”

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created 18 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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