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Structure of 450 million year old protein reveals evolution’s steps

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

A detailed map that pinpoints the location of every atom in a 450-million-year-old resurrected protein reveals the precise evolutionary steps needed to create the molecule’s modern version, according to researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Oregon.

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