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Ready, Steady, Evolve

Posted by Hemos on from the breakout-battles dept.

Stront writes "New Scientist is reporting that plants and animals can 'bottle up' evolution until they need it. A certain protein 'hides away' mutated genes acting like a genetic valet, however in extreme environments, such as high temperature or noxious chemicals, the cleaning process breaks down and the mutations are released all at once. This goes some way to explaining examples that are considered to defy standard evolutionary theory, such as the Bombardier Beetle."

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  1. Ga. school board OKs teaching creationism by circletimessquare · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    In related news, Ga. school board OKs teaching creationism

    *Weeps*

    Is there any way we could just put all of the fundamentalist christians and all of the the fundamentalist muslims in the same room and have all of their mental jibber jabber jibber jabber annhilate each other in a terrible puff of holy smoke? ;-P

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  2. Re:About the word "Theory" by ChrisNowinski · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Professor's name and College name, please?