Research shows that the gene helps build body plans, including brains.
Why, then, has the body plan remained the same when the way of life has changed?
Mammals, too, have adapted to this body plan at least once in history.
They share a basic body plan, whose development is controlled by master regulatory genes.
Instead, they are clues to the steps by which new body plans have evolved.
The body plan was totally unlike anything from home, and even now she didn't have a clear idea of their appearance.
The long existence of this body plan suggests its success.
For example, despite diversity in beetle species their body plans follow the same general pattern.
Now we ask, How often does a large jump yield a successful outcome (a new body plan)?
They seemed to Hal not so much deformed as just built on a slightly different body plan.