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Breaking Evolution’s Rules: Scientists Uncover Surprising Reemergence of Once-Lost Biological Traits


Recent research shows that genes linked to lost traits in stick insects may be preserved, enabling their potential re-emergence over evolutionary time. Traits can disappear through evolution if they become unnecessary or too resource-intensive to sustain. It's commonly thought that the genes associ

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