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02 Jan 2010, 4:05 pm

This article explains how prions, proteins with no genetic material can evolve.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8435320.stm


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02 Jan 2010, 7:17 pm

Interesting. I had expected an article on the epigenome.



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03 Jan 2010, 8:15 am

I read about that, very interesting!


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