Rice University: Flatfish Got Weird Fast Due to Evolutionary Cascade
May 04, 2021
May 04, 2021
HOUSTON, Texas, May 4 (TNSJou) -- Rice University issued the following news release:
Ever look at a flatfish like a flounder or sole, with two eyes on one side of its head, and think, "How did that happen?"
You're in luck. Rice University biologist Kory Evans has the answer.
"Flatfishes are some of the weirdest vertebrates on the planet, and they got weird very, very fast by changing multiple traits at once over a short period of time," . . .
Ever look at a flatfish like a flounder or sole, with two eyes on one side of its head, and think, "How did that happen?"
You're in luck. Rice University biologist Kory Evans has the answer.
"Flatfishes are some of the weirdest vertebrates on the planet, and they got weird very, very fast by changing multiple traits at once over a short period of time," . . .