The evolution of metabolism: How to test evolutionary hypotheses at the genomic level

The origin of primordial metabolism and its expansion to form the metabolic networks extant today represent excellent systems to study the impact of natural selection and the potential adaptive role of novel compounds. Here we present the current hypotheses made on the origin of life and ancestral m...

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Main Authors: Federico Scossa, Alisdair R. Fernie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2001037019303654