Rapid evolution or epigenetics? (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, March 04, 2011, 02:08 (5014 days ago) @ George Jelliss

it's an example of how something completely new can evolve:
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> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-12615888
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> Research in Oxford has shown that the trumpet of the Daffodil
> is a newly evolved flower part - neither petals nor stamen.-What is described in the video certainly shows evolution by the daffodil, but not the 'how', although I suspect that is not the way George meant the use of the word 'how'. I wonder, was there any purpose in the additional part or was there a necessary environmental pressure to which this is a response? Or did it happen for no particular reason, an unrequired change?

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