How evolution builds genes from scratch

March 23, 2025

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03061-x

Levy, A. (2019). How evolution builds genes from scratch. Nature, 574(7778), 314–316. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03061-x

How evolution builds genes from scratch

Scientists long assumed that new genes appear when evolution tinkers with old ones. It turns out that natural selection is much more creative.