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Directed Molecular Evolution

Biochemists have harnessed Darwinian evolution on a molecular scale. Through cycles of selection, amplification and mutation, populations of macromolecules can be pushed to evolve toward any functional goal

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 267 Issue 6This article was originally published with the title “Directed Molecular Evolution” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 267 No. 6 (), p. 90
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1292-90