Saturday, 30 August 2014

Evolution used similar molecular toolkits to shape flies, worms, and humans

Date:
August 27, 2014

Source:
Yale University

Summary:
Although separated by hundreds of millions of years of evolution, flies, worms, and humans share ancient patterns of gene expression, according to a massive analysis of genomic data. Two related studies tell a similar story: even though humans, worms, and flies bear little obvious similarity to each other, evolution used remarkably similar molecular toolkits to shape them.


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