Equation 2 · Part 1 · One Gene, Forty Eyes: What Evo-Devo Did to the Convergence Story
Symbol n
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n is part of the quantity the equation computes from the expression on the right.
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n is part of the quantity the equation computes from the expression on the right.
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…that per-generation rate to reach the full 1,829 steps of one-percent change — equivalent to a single structure lengthening by a factor of just over eighty million — requires solving: . which gives n 363{,}992 generations [ 4 ] . Assuming a generation time of one year, common for small and medium-sized aquatic animals, the authors state the headline result directly: a camera eye could evolve from a light-sensitive patch in less than 364,000 years [ 4 ] . Measured against a fossil…
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