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Lost and found

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Can we ever hope to pin down the genetic changes that underlie the big steps in evolution? Possibly so, if a study of the variation in the pelvic fins of sticklebacks is anything to go by.

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Figure 1: Sticklebacks under scrutiny.

M. D. SHAPIRO ET AL. M. PETERSON/ARDEA

Figure 2: Evolution in action: a genetic basis.

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