Errors in protein structure sparked evolution of biological complexity - 0 views
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thinkahol * on 22 May 11ScienceDaily (May 21, 2011) - Over four billion years of evolution, plants and animals grew far more complex than their single-celled ancestors. But a new comparison of proteins shared across species finds that complex organisms, including humans, have accumulated structural weaknesses that may have actually launched the long journey from microbe to man.