FRAGMENT FROM NATURE deals with some examples of how changes in the environment could have made many molecular mechanisms redundant without considerable molecular exaptation and serious work-around and bolt-ons, just as had happened with physical structures like feet. Here we see photosynthetic futile cycles and carefully positioned carotenoids operating as adaptations to the challenges of an oxygenated atmosphere.
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022