• ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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    12 hours ago

    That’s still interaction with the environment though, what this research shows is that even without any such interaction the structures form. So, they’re not shaped by the environment, but are a type of firmware that’s encoded within the genes.

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        9 hours ago

        Sure, it’s not a surprising finding since the environment is a stable selection pressure driving evolution. It’s still nice to have these studies to confirm our intuition on the subject.