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posted 05. December 2004 12:05

Scientific American reports that researchers have used evolutionary assumptions in a computational model that simulates the evolution of DNA to assert that mammals have a common evolutionary ancestor - and even to determine what that ancestor DNA looked like.

Scientific American: Computer Program Reconstructs DNA of Ancient Mammal Ancestor

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