Evolution encoded.

• Autores: Stephen J. Freeland, Laurence D. Hurst
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 290, Nº. 4, 2004, págs. 84-91
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • On April 14, 2003, scientists announced to the world that they had finished sequencing the human genome--logging the three billion pairs of DNA nucleotides that describe how to make a human being. But finding all the working genes amid the junk in the sequence remains a further challenge, as does gaining a better understanding of how and when genes are activated and how their instructions affect the behavior of the protein molecules they describe. Why nature chose these basic rules and why they have survived three billion or so years of natural selection have started to become clear. INSETS: NATURE'S CODE;Protecting Proteins;Testing the Code;The Evolving Code