Just a brief update to indicate that the opsin function and evolution module is up in its initial-release form here:<\/p>\n

Opsin: How mutations add functionality<\/a><\/p>\n

The heart of this module is interactive software that lets students ‘mutate’ the gene sequence for the human red-sensing opsin protein and discover how easily it becomes a green-sensing opsin… recapitulating the evolutionary ‘re-discovery’ of this ability in old-world primates.<\/p>\n

Posted material doesn’t cover the critical step of gene duplication yet; provided references are primarily raw materials for investigating how mutation can lead to altered function. In this case, that means how a green-detecting opsin is simply a red-detecting opsin with some mistakes in it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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