Ancient gene planted in modern bug to track evolution

US researchers have resurrected a 500-million-year-old gene from bacteria and inserted it into modern ...

July 13, 2012 / 19:15 IST

US researchers have resurrected a 500-million-year-old gene from bacteria and inserted it into modern-day E. coli bug to see whether the evolutionary trajectory once taken will repeat itself or whether a life will adapt following a different path.They relied on a process called paleo-experimental evolution.

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first published: Jul 13, 2012 07:06 pm

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