In Part One of this series, ENV reported on a new paper published in the journal Bio-Complexity. In this paper Doug Axe and Ann Gauger explore the questions:
What is the minimum number of mutations needed to convert one enzyme to a functionally different (but structurally similar) enzyme?
Are these results feasible based on the Neo-Darwinian model?
The results of Axe and Gauger's paper do not bode well for a neo-Darwinian explanation for enzyme conversion. Evolution News and Views asked...
Published on May 11, 2011 20:48