How organisms evolve new functions: Evolution is as complicated as 1-2-3
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 14:00
in Biology & Nature
Biologists have documented the step-by-step process in which organisms evolve new functions. The results are revealed through an in-depth, genomics-based analysis that decodes how E. coli bacteria figured out how to supplement a traditional diet of glucose with an extra course of citrate.