Resurrected Ancestors Reveal Origins of Metamorphism in XCL1.

Trends Biochem Sci

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Merced, CA 95343, USA. Electronic address:

Published: June 2021

In a recent study, Dishman et al. resurrected ancestors of the metamorphic chemokine, XCL1, inferred through phylogenetics, and found that metamorphism arose in the XCL1 lineage ~150 million years ago. A zigzagging evolutionary path suggests that the metamorphic properties are adaptive and reveals three design principles that could be used for technological applications.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tibs.2021.03.003DOI Listing

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