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| Author: | Prodigy [ Fri Jul 16, 2010 5:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | The Chicken and the Egg: Ancient Mystery Solved? |
The Chicken and the Egg: Ancient Mystery Solved? by Kate Abbott Philosophers and fertility experts can rest easy as the age-old question, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” finally has an answer: The chicken. The research comes from British scientists out of Sheffield and Warwick universities. It all boils down to one protein—ovocledidin-17 (OC-17)—that is only found inside a chicken's ovaries, and is essential for eggshell formation. Although the protein has been studied as part of eggshell development before, researchers used a super computer to ‘zoom-in' while a shell was forming, and found that it actually serves as a catalyst. Sheffield Professor John Harding hopes that this will aid in designing new materials. Well, that's one mystery solved. But still no word yet on the meaning of life. ( |
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