Researchers document rapid, dramatic 'reverse evolution' in the threespine stickleback fish

Evolution is supposed to inch forward over eons, but sometimes, at least in the case of a little fish called the threespine stickleback, the process can go in relative warp-speed reverse, according to a study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and published online ahead of print in the May 20 issue of Current Biology (Cell Press).

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news130073255.html">Researchers document rapid, dramatic 'reverse evolution' in the threespine stickleback fish</a></p> <p>Evolution is supposed to inch forward over eons, but sometimes, at least in the case of a little fish called the threespine stickleback, the process can go in relative warp-speed reverse, according to a study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and published online ahead of print in the May 20 issue of <i>Current Biology</i> (Cell Press).</p>