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2008-04-24

Scientists Automate Molecular Evolution


Scientists Automate Molecular Evolution from PhysOrg.com

Under the control of a computer at The Scripps Research Institute, a population of billions of genes morphed through 500 cycles of forced adaptation to emerge as molecules that could grow faster and faster on a continually dwindling source of chemical fuel -- a feat that researchers describe as an example of "Darwinian evolution on a chip."

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