Evolving evolution

• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3301, 2020, págs. 38-49
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Our modern conception of evolution started with Charles Darwin and his idea of natural selection - "survival of the fittest"- to explain why certain individuals thrive while others fail to leave a legacy. Then came genetics to explain the underlying mechanism: changes in organisms caused by random mutations of genes. Now this powerful picture is changing once more, as discoveries in genetics epigenetics, developmental biology and other fields lend a new complexity and richness to our greatest theory of nature. Find out more in this 12-page feature special.