Well, this is interesting:

Evolution is deterministic, not random, biologists conclude from multi-species study from PhysOrg.com
A multi-national team of biologists has concluded that developmental evolution is deterministic and orderly, rather than random, based on a study of different species of roundworms. The findings are reported in the latest issue of the journal Current Biology.[…]

I’ve got my mouse on the link to read the original paper, but CB is not delivering it. Something wrong with their server. But rest assured, I will get it, I will read it, I will blog it.

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