I'd love to hear what the IDiots at the Discovery Institute have to say about that.
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is a really cool research project. Scientists started out with > single celled yeast and decided to look into whether selective > pressure could evolve multi-cell organisms under lab conditions. They > took a really simple approach, simply selecting yeast that settled to > the bottom of a perturbed solution (which tend to be heavier or > clumped cells) to seed the subsequent generation. After only 60 days > (generations), they found strains that were dominated by evolved cell > clusters. A bunch of other fascinating behavior observed too. > > http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/01/researchers-evolve-a-multicellular-yeast-in-the-lab-in-2-months.ars > > I do loves me some applied evolution. > > Cheers, > Judah > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345468 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
