How Organisms Evolve New Functions

How Organisms Evolve New Functions

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A team of researchers at Michigan State University has documented the step-by-step process in which organisms evolve new functions. The results, published in the journal Nature, 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.