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Fly Study Shows How Evolution Invents New Body Parts
Original: A ‘Male Organ’ for Flies Reveals How Evolution Invents New Body Parts
Researchers at the University of California, Davis report that a male-specific structure in flies offers new insight into how evolution generates entirely new body parts. The work, highlighted by UC Davis's College of Biological Sciences, suggests such organs can arise from the repurposing of existing genetic and developmental programs rather than from scratch, shedding light on one of biology's central questions.
Why now: A new research finding from UC Davis on the origins of novel body structures is drawing attention in the science community.
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- A ‘Male Organ’ for Flies Reveals How Evolution Invents New Body Parts · UC Davis College of Biological Sciences
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