A new study has found that evolution is not as unpredictable as previously thought, which could allow scientists to explore which genes could be useful to tackle real-world issues such as antibiotic resistance, disease, and climate change.

A new study has found that evolution is not as unpredictable as previously thought, which could allow scientists to explore which genes could be useful to tackle real-world issues such as antibiotic resistance, disease, and climate change.

The study, which is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), challenges the long-standing belief about the unpredictability of evolution and has found that the evolutionary trajectory of a genome may be influenced by its evolutionary history, rather than determined by numerous factors and historical accidents.

  • @[email protected]
    17•9 months ago

    “The implications of this research are nothing short of revolutionary,” said Professor McInerney, the lead author of the study.

    (Emphasis mine.)

    I get very wary of researchers tooting their own horn that hard. Smells like room temperature super conductor.