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Evolution as Opportunist

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Evolution as Opportunist

By Wynne Parry

September 4, 2013

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A computational study reveals surprising flexibility hidden within metabolic networks, providing new evidence for an evolutionary concept called exaptation.

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Metabolism

Evolution as Opportunist