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Eyes are a good example of conservation and path dependence, development is initiated by a fairly highly conserved gene: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAX6#Spe
by cma 3y ago
Eyes are a good example of conservation and path dependence, development is initiated by a fairly highly conserved gene:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAX6#Species_distribution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAX6#Species_distribution
- Retric 3y agoBeing reasonably conserved has minimal predictive power. Yes, knocking it or a closely related gene out out harms eye formation in a wide range of species but it says little about what specific structure ends up being formed.