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Optimality in evolution: new insights from synthetic biology.

Current opinion in biotechnology - 1 Aug 2013

de Vos Marjon G J, Poelwijk Frank J, Tans Sander J

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Whether organisms evolve to perform tasks optimally has intrigued biologists since Lamarck and Darwin. Optimality models have been used to study diverse properties such as shape, locomotion, and behavior. However, without access to the genetic underpinnings or the ability to manipulate biological functions, it has been difficult to understand an organism's intrinsic potential and limitations. Now, novel...

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PMID: 23684729
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2013.04.008

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