Study reveals single gene 'invented' haemoglobin several times
Study reveals single gene 'invented' haemoglobin several times ANI | Updated: Dec 30, 2020 08:33 IST Washington [US], December 30 (ANI): Thanks to the marine worm Platynereis dumerilii, an animal whose genes have evolved very slowly, a team of scientists have shown that while haemoglobin appeared independently in several species, it actually descends from a single gene transmitted to all by their last common ancestor. The findings of the study by scientists from CNRS, Universite de Paris and Sorbonne Universite, in association with others at the Universit...