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Title: Many proteins are now thought to consist of modular units that through exon shuffling form new ... Post by: fpotestio on Feb 7, 2018 Many proteins are now thought to consist of modular units that through exon shuffling form new proteins. How is this situation analogous with what may have been the situation with the earliest life?
What will be an ideal response? Title: Many proteins are now thought to consist of modular units that through exon shuffling form new ... Post by: Koko65 on Feb 7, 2018 ANS:
Metabolic processes within cells would not have been integrated early, and cell functions would have been modular. Swapping modular components may have been the original life-forms, much like protein modules are assembled in new ways to make new proteins. |