Evolutionary Biology

Scientists at the University of Tokyo have made a groundbreaking discovery regarding the evolution of human neurons, suggesting the existence of previously unseen plasmids facilitating horizontal gene transfer.

protein, IRBP, human visual system, bacteria, horizontal transfer, evolutionary origins, vision, animal origin, gene transfer, photosynthetic bacterium, vertebrates, retina, color vision, eye diseases, genetic material, organisms, diversity of life, shared ancestry, tree of life, Vienna University

evolution, genetics, proteins, protein-protein interaction, compensatory effect, essential genes