Nels and Vincent dive deep into evolution and consider how new proteins emerged billions of years ago, when there were no other proteins to serve as starting material.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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Primordial emergence of a nucleic acid binding protein (bioRxiv)
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TWiEVO 51: The starting point paradox