I will repeat myself again, but i have to say it one more time – it is not easy to understand how natural selection works.…
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Repeated evolution: same pseudogenes evolved independently in human and non-human primate lineages
What is left of common ancestry and shared DNA errors ? A pseudogene is defined to be a gene that has lost its function, especially…
Comments closedRepeated evolution: 11 Mitochondrial Genes in Deep-Sea Fishes changed the same way independently
The adaptive evolution of the mtDNA may reflect that aerobic metabolism plays a more important role than anaerobic metabolism in deep-sea fishes, whose energy sources…
Comments closedRepeated evolution: The same mutation occurred 20 times independently in fishes’ light-sensitive eye-protein.
Here we show that a missense mutation in rhodopsin (Phe261Tyr) is an adaptation to the red-shifted Baltic Sea light environment. The transition from phenylalanine to…
Comments closedRepeated evolution of placental structures: Evolved, devolved, and re-evolved many times
Obviously, evolutionary biologists believe in some kind of magic – it would be a miracle if such a placental structure would evolve once, by random…
Comments closedRepeated evolution: Despite biochemically complex, C4 photosynthesis evolved repeatedly more than 60 times
Another miraculous stuff happened here, let me quote from a mainstream paper. Even the author finds the evolution of C4 photosynthesis ‘somewhat puzzling’ because it…
Comments closedRepeated evolution: Gastropod’s coiled shell
from a mainstream paper: The re-evolution of a coiled shell, or any complex character, is considered unlikely or impossible (Dollo’s law) because the loss of…
Comments closedSurprising repeated devolution: Various species lineages lost teeth independently, despite crucial role of teeth in species survival
i will repeat myself yet again: it is not easy to understand how natural selection works … even the researcher below is quite surprised (these…
Comments closedRepeated evolution: Webbed foot evolved many times independently
The webbed foot is a specialized limb present in a variety of vertebrates that aids in locomotion. This adaptation is primarily found in semi-aquatic species, and has convergently…
Comments closedRepeated evolution: Viral envelope has evolved several times independently
In sum, our extensive review has revealed a close association between cell walls and nonenveloped viruses that was not bound to particular types of host…
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