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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 UC Davis report that a male-specific organ in flies offers new insight into how evolution generates entirely novel body structures. The work suggests new appendages can arise from modifications of existing developmental programs rather than from scratch. Biologists say the findings help explain one of evolution's central puzzles: how genuinely new anatomical features emerge over time.
Why now: A new study from UC Davis is drawing attention for addressing the long-standing question of how evolution creates new body parts.
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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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