Evolutionary Tinkering Produced Complex Proteins with Diverse Functions

Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - 16:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

By reconstructing an ancient protein and tracing how it subtly changed over vast periods of time to produce scores of modern-day descendants, scientists have shown how evolution tinkers with early forms and leaves the impression that complexity evolved many times.

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