Evolution is not a genetically controlled distortion of one adult form…

Richard Dawkins
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Evolution is not a genetically controlled distortion of one adult form into another; it is a genetically controlled alteration in a developmental program. ✨ Richard Dawkins (2009). The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution, p.314, Simon and Schuster
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Evolution is not a genetically controlled distortion of one adult form into another; it is a genetically controlled alteration in a developmental program. ✨ Richard Dawkins (2009). The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution, p.314, Simon and Schuster

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