A study from Utah State University shows that the evolution of a species can be predicted, at least to some degree. Researchers looked at stick insects, tracking the changes in their genome as they placed them on different kinds of plants over several generations. The changes turned out to be more than just chance. Reporter Lindsay Whitehurst explains the science. sltrib/sltrib/news/57972042-78/gompert-mutations-predictable-environment.html.csp
Posted on: Thu, 22 May 2014 01:00:00 +0000