Latest Divergent evolution Stories

A new study reveals a dazzling degree of biological diversity in an unexpected place – a single neural connection in the body wall of flies. The finding, reported in this week's online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, raises several interesting questions about the importance of structure in the nervous system and the evolution of neural wiring. "We know almost nothing about the evolution of the nervous system, although we know it has to happen –...