Tag: embryonic development
How Embryonic Development Bears on Evolution
In order for evolution to have occurred as the orthodox theory describes, the intricate embryonic development stages of species must have evolved.
Upsetting Another Evolutionary Icon — Blindness in Cave Fish Is Due to Epigenetics
Methylation of key development genes represses their expression, and with it eye development, in this venerable icon of evolution.
Internet of Cells: The Next Revolution?
Cells are connected in surprising ways that molecular biologists are just now beginning to understand.
Fact-Checking Wikipedia on Common Descent: The Evidence from Comparative Anatomy
The argument from evolutionary developmental biology and embryonic development is probably one of the stronger for common descent. But I’m not convinced.