{"id":234479,"date":"2026-04-02T11:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/scientists-just-found-dna-supergenes-that-speed-up-evolution"},"modified":"2026-04-02T11:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:06:07","slug":"scientists-just-found-dna-supergenes-that-speed-up-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/scientists-just-found-dna-supergenes-that-speed-up-evolution","title":{"rendered":"Scientists just found DNA \u201csupergenes\u201d that speed up evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-just-found-dna-supergenes-that-speed-up-evolution.webp\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hidden within fish DNA are powerful genetic twists that may explain one of nature\u2019s biggest mysteries: how new species form so quickly. In Lake Malawi, hundreds of cichlid fish species evolved at lightning speed, and scientists now think \u201cflipped\u201d sections of DNA\u2014called chromosomal inversions\u2014are the secret. These inversions lock together useful gene combinations, creating \u201csupergenes\u201d that help fish rapidly adapt to different environments, from deep waters to sandy shores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hidden within fish DNA are powerful genetic twists that may explain one of nature\u2019s biggest mysteries: how new species form so quickly. In Lake Malawi, hundreds of cichlid fish species evolved at lightning speed, and scientists now think \u201cflipped\u201d sections of DNA\u2014called chromosomal inversions\u2014are the secret. These inversions lock together useful gene combinations, creating \u201csupergenes\u201d [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,385,412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-evolution","category-genetics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}