Urgent.News

What's breaking now, across thousands of outlets.

Science

Scientists find hidden “highways” guiding animal evolution

A sweeping analysis of thousands of animal genomes suggests that chromosomes do not evolve randomly but instead follow a limited number of irreversible “evolutionary highways.” These one-way genetic changes preserve clues to more than 600 million years of animal history and could even help researchers explore where evolution may head next.

We haven't written up this one. ScienceDaily has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

Read the original at sciencedaily.com →

More in Science

More from Tuesday 25 August →