<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/how-fish-evolved-electric-organs.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><unit>Faculty &amp; Staff,Research,College of Natural Science,Integrative Biology</unit><pubDate>06/01/2022</pubDate><title>How fish evolved electric organs</title><description><p>Researchers at Michigan State University and the University of Texas at Austin have made a shocking discovery. In a study published June1 in the journal <em>Science Advances,</em> the team explained how small genetic changes enable weakly electric fish to evolve their electric organs. The findings could have broader implications for human health and disease.</p></description><author/><hero-image><img src="https://natsci.msu.edu/sites/_natsci/cache/file/1FBF1333-1C93-4DE1-83C6D791335B1DF1_newsarticlehero.jpg" alt="Hero image"/></hero-image><image><img src="https://natsci.msu.edu/sites/_natsci/cache/file/1FBF1333-1C93-4DE1-83C6D791335B1DF1_medium.jpg" alt="Hero image"/></image><tags><tag>adaptive evolution</tag><tag>electric fish</tag><tag>faculty</tag><tag>research</tag></tags></item>