BBC Focus Magazine

[M Paul Lloyd]

I thought this might interest some of you.
From whales to earthworms, the mechanism that gives shape to life.

Why don’t our arms grow from the middle of our bodies? The question isn’t as trivial as it appears. Vertebrae, limbs, ribs, tailbone ... in only two days, all these elements take their place in the embryo, in the right spot and with the precision of a Swiss watch. Intrigued by the extraordinary reliability of this mechanism, biologists have long wondered how it works. Now, researchers at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) and the University of Geneva (Unige) have solved the mystery. Their discovery will be published October 13, 2011 in the journal Science.

Read more
http://actu.epfl.ch/news/from-whales-to ... hat-gives/

[KingPhillip]

Brilliant! Many thanks! Not from the usual sources!

Recently finished Epigenetics by Richard Francis; currently reading chapter 1 of Mutants by Armand Marie Leroi. This spices up the read quite a bit.