TIL that before he died in a car wreck, Walter Gehring discovered a segment of DNA, called the homeobox, that has the exact same parts in organisms as diverse as fungi and humans, further indicating that all species evolve from a common ancestor.

http://embryo.asu.edu/pages/walter-jakob-gehring-1939-2014



Submitted March 02, 2015 at 10:28PM by philospark http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2xomr1/til_that_before_he_died_in_a_car_wreck_walter/