Postdoctoral Fellow Betül Kaçar and Associate Professor Eric Gaucher are watching evolution in action resurrecting a 500-million-year-old gene from bacteria and inserted it into modern-day Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria. Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology
Using a process called paleo-experimental evolution, Georgia Tech researchers have resurrected a 500-million-year-old gene from bacteria and inserted it into modern-day Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria. This bacterium has now been growing for more than 1,000 generations, giving the scientists a front row seat to observe evolution in action. Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology
What are they thinking?..............
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To: Red Badger
Just what we need—more coliform variants. Do these people have functioning cerebral cortices?
52 posted on
07/11/2012 3:35:13 PM PDT by
Silentgypsy
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To: Red Badger
So we can now cross breed humans with Cro-Magnons.
Does this mean a vast improvement in the sport of football?
To: Red Badger
What are they thinking?
"Have a problem with my research?"
73 posted on
07/11/2012 6:42:09 PM PDT by
JRios1968
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To: Red Badger
Jesus wept.
Like we don’t have enough stuff out there that will kill already?
74 posted on
07/11/2012 7:55:49 PM PDT by
Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: Red Badger
Jesus wept.
Like we don’t have enough stuff out there that will kill already?
75 posted on
07/11/2012 7:57:49 PM PDT by
Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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