Source: China – South China Morning PostChinese researchers have harnessed artificial intelligence (AI) to uncover hidden shared protein features among species with similar functions that evolved independently.
From echolocation in bats and dolphins to the ability to fly, found in both birds and insects, convergent evolution – or the independent emergence of similar traits in unrelated species – has long been of interest to the scientific community.
The repeated emergence of the same functional trait provides the opportunity to…Read More