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The Role of Ion Channels in Evolution

In tadpoles, we've made tadpole faces that look like other species of frogs. We're currently in mice and this is all from the ion channels. How much of evolution is actually geared to restricting the scope for phenotypic plasticity, do you think? I mean, it seems as if less in the case of prunaria but still the scope is there. But I suppose if what you want to do is generally produce an organism that looks the same as its parents, then there must be really strong selection pressure on the order in which especially ion channels are being expressed.

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