Researchers document rapid, dramatic 'reverse evolution' in the threespine stickleback fish
Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 11:35
in Biology & Nature
Evolution is supposed to inch forward over eons, but sometimes, at least in the case of a little fish called the threespine stickleback, the process can go in relative warp-speed reverse, according to a study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and published online ahead of print in the May 20 issue of Current Biology (Cell Press).