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TWiEVO 51: The starting point paradox

  • January 22, 2020
  • Tagged as: abiotic amino acids, abiotic synthesis, coacervate, evolution, evolve, natural selection, origin of life, ornithine, primordial amino acids, protein evolution

Nels and Vincent dive deep into evolution and consider how new proteins emerged billions of years ago, when there were no other proteins to serve as starting material.

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TWiEVO 39: In a Legionella of their own

  • January 26, 2019
  • Tagged as: amoeba, DOT/ICM, effector proteins, evolution, evolve, horizontal gene transfer, host range, intracellular bacteria, Legionella

Nels and Vincent look at the intracellular bacteria Legionella from an evolutionary perspective: the role of gene acquisition and reshuffling from plants, animals, fungi, and archaea in the emergence of human pathogens.

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