During Darwin's visit to the Galapagos Islands he observed the differences in the shapes of beaks on finches and attributed those differences to the associated diets. We now know that calmodulin and a signaling pathway dictate these differences in size and shape. What is that signaling pathway?

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The BMP (Bone Morphogenetic Protein) signaling pathway is involved in the development of beak shapes in finches, as it regulates the growth and differentiation of cells in the beak.

During Darwin's Visit to the Galapagos Islands He Observed the Differences