2008.11.30

天擇的選項──基因開關

看起來天差地遠的動物其實擁有相似的基因,這是由於控制基因的基因開關各自不同,創造出多采多姿的生命。

TOM DRAPER DESIGN; M. JOHNSON Wellcome Images (cell); NICK PARFITT Getty Images (zebra); DON FARRALL Getty Images (fish); DARLYNE A. MURAWSKI National Geographic/Getty Images (fly); DARRIN KLIMEK Getty Images (frog); MATTHEW WARD Getty Images (üger); DAVE KING Getty Images (elephant); GEOFF DANN Getty Images (chimpanzee); JOSE LUIS PELAEZ (human)

TOM DRAPER DESIGN; M. JOHNSON Wellcome Images (cell); NICK PARFITT Getty Images (zebra); DON FARRALL Getty Images (fish); DARLYNE A. MURAWSKI National Geographic/Getty Images (fly); DARRIN KLIMEK Getty Images (frog); MATTHEW WARD Getty Images (üger); DAVE KING Getty Images (elephant); GEOFF DANN Getty Images (chimpanzee); JOSE LUIS PELAEZ (human)

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