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Why Do Organisms Build Tissues They Seemingly Never Use?

Why Do Organisms Build Tissues They Seemingly Never Use?. Bobby Cork Kyrsten Greenfield Aimee Kudela , & Jordan Nafekh Group: A44 . Definitions . Ontogenies : Developmental changes within an individual’s lifetime Phylogenies : Evolutionary changes across generations. Data/Results.

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Why Do Organisms Build Tissues They Seemingly Never Use?

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  1. Why Do Organisms Build Tissues They Seemingly Never Use? Bobby Cork Kyrsten Greenfield Aimee Kudela, & Jordan Nafekh Group: A44

  2. Definitions Ontogenies: Developmental changes within an individual’s lifetime Phylogenies: Evolutionary changes across generations

  3. Data/Results • Avida System • Findings? (Clune et al. 2012)

  4. Discussion (http://bealbio.wikispaces.com/) Developmental disruption process Building blocks

  5. Take-Home Message • Vestigial organs are evidence of a species’ evolutionary history • Examples (http://io9.com)

  6. Literature Cited Clune, Jeff, Robert Pennock, et al. "Ontogeny Tends to Recapitulate Phylogeny in Digital Organisms."American Naturalist. 180.3 (2012): E54-E63. Web. 9 Sep. 2012. Freeman, Scott. Biological Science . 4th. San Francisco, CA: Benjamin Cummings, 2011. 418. Print. “Why do organisms build tissues they seemingly never use?”. LabSpaces. 13 Aug. 2012. Web. 9 Sept. 2012. <http://www.labspaces.net/122492/Why_do_organ isms_build_tissues_they_seemingly_never_use>

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