Evolution: to seek out new worlds.
A recent study of stickleback 'ecomorphs' generated by independent speciation events in different freshwater lakes suggests that, despite historical contingency, natural selection can run in surprisingly similar ways on multiple occasions.
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Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK.
D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005399:Fishes / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005618:Fresh Water; D010641:Phenotype; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D013045:Species Specificity