Cell research: Enzyme questions important principle of evolution
Monday, July 2, 2012 - 15:00
in Biology & Nature
In evolutionary processes, it is the simple, economical solutions that prevail over the complex and laborious ones. Researchers have now investigated the key enzyme, “ribonuclease P”, which is found in every living organism. The surprising result is that the principle of evolutionary economy does not appear to apply to this enzyme.