f********g 发帖数: 6 | 1 Another recent example made to the news is mitochondrial mutations associated
with energy-deficiency disease may have helped early people adapt to colder
climate (more heat is presumbly generated when less energy is passed on to ATP
in mitochondia.)
Mutation is not the only driving force for evolution. Susumu Ohno in the 70s
pointed out the importance of gene duplication in evolution. In fact, he
thought without gene duplication, a bacterium would only give rise to many
different bacteria throug |
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