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    Directed evolution (DE) is a method used in protein engineering that mimics the process of natural selection to steer proteins or nucleic acids toward...
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    The term directed evolution is used within the transhumanist community to refer to the idea of applying the principles of directed evolution and experimental...
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    Evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. It occurs when evolutionary processes...
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    rapid evolution of useful proteins. The lab has used PACE and its directed evolution efforts to generate new genome editing tools that allow for expanded...
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    was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering the use of directed evolution to engineer enzymes. In 2019, Alphabet Inc. announced that Arnold...
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    selection as the organizing mechanism in evolution for a rectilinear (straight-line) model of directed evolution. With the emergence of the modern synthesis...
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  • "Orthogenesis" (goal-directed evolution), "nomogenesis" (evolution according to fixed law), "emergent evolution", "creative evolution", and others. The Jesuit...
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    development of directed evolution methods was honored in 2018 with the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Frances Arnold for evolution of enzymes...
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  • general strategies for protein engineering: rational protein design and directed evolution. These methods are not mutually exclusive; researchers will often...
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  • Phage-assisted continuous evolution (PACE) is a phage-based technique for the automated directed evolution of proteins. It relies on relating the desired...
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    identified by directed evolution. More recently (2024), snowflake yeast were subject to over 3,000 generations of further directed evolution, forming macroscopic...
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  • Steinberg, Barrett E. (16 April 2020). "SMOOT libraries and phage-induced directed evolution of Cas9 to engineer reduced off-target activity". PLOS ONE. 15 (4):...
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    Frances H. (December 2009). "Exploring protein fitness landscapes by directed evolution". Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 10 (12): 866–876. doi:10...
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  • the function of a protein. Directed evolution is the attempt to engineer proteins using methods inspired by molecular evolution. Change at one locus begins...
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    Saturation mutagenesis is commonly used to generate variants for directed evolution. Sequence saturation mutagenesis Reetz, M. T.; Carballeira J. D. (2007)...
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  • experimental evolution to the control of human evolution. Law professor Maxwell Mehlman has said that "for transhumanists, directed evolution is likened...
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  • synthetic biology.). Auxotrophy Biological dark matter Body plan Directed evolution Expanded genetic code Foldamer Hachimoji DNA Hypothetical types of...
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  • procedural crime drama television series Criminal Minds, now subtitled Evolution, follows members of the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) as they are faced...
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    greater control over human biological nature through a process called directed evolution. Some thinkers believe that this may shatter our sense of self, and...
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  • use. Due to the iterative nature of directed evolution and the necessity for large libraries, directed evolution at the macroscale can be a costly endeavor...
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  • Underworld: Evolution is a 2006 American action horror film directed by Len Wiseman from a screenplay by Danny McBride, based on a story by Wiseman and...
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  • dissolved in 2013. The Maxygen legacy was revived in 2018 with a focus on Directed Evolution of Proteins using Molecular Breeding. Maxygen LLC is currently headquartered...
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  • Experimental evolution is the use of laboratory experiments or controlled field manipulations to explore evolutionary dynamics. Evolution may be observed...
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    hominins (a tribe of the African hominid subfamily), indicating that human evolution was not linear but weblike. The study of the origins of humans involves...
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    German zoologist. He was a popularizer of orthogenesis, a form of directed evolution through mutations that made use of Lamarckian principles. Eimer was...
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  • docking orientations, resulting in poor regio-/stereoselectivity. Directed evolution is an enzyme engineering strategy designed to mimic natural selection...
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    DNA processes, and the virus has also been used for phage display, directed evolution, nanostructures and nanotechnology applications. The phage coat is...
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    particularly graph theory, and computer science, a directed acyclic graph (DAG) is a directed graph with no directed cycles. That is, it consists of vertices and...
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  • Islamic views on evolution are diverse, ranging from theistic evolution to Old Earth creationism. Some Muslims around the world believe "humans and other...
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    outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to evolution: In biology, evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological organisms...
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