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Genomes are incredibly complex biomolecules that themselves specify the instructions for staggeringly complicated protein complexes. A major question in evolutionary biology is: how did such complexity emerge? For nearly a century, it has been maintained that Darwinian selection is the main driver of genomic complexity. In this video, we explore alternatives.
References and recommended further reading:
nature.com/articles/nrg.2016.104
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/PL00006540
link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00239-021-09996-y.pdf
sandwalk.blogspot.com/2015/09/constructive-neutral-evolution-cne.html
nature.com/articles/386417a0
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1089370
#evolution #genetics #genomics
Genomes are incredibly complex biomolecules that themselves specify the instructions for staggeringly complicated protein complexes. A major question in evolutionary biology is: how did such complexity emerge? For nearly a century, it has been maintained that Darwinian selection is the main driver of genomic complexity. In this video, we explore alternatives.
References and recommended further reading:
nature.com/articles/nrg.2016.104
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/PL00006540
link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00239-021-09996-y.pdf
sandwalk.blogspot.com/2015/09/constructive-neutral-evolution-cne.html
nature.com/articles/386417a0
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1089370
#evolution #genetics #genomics
