Roman Sloutsky, UMass Amherst (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Roman Sloutsky, UMass Amherst

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One angle scientists have taken to explore how proteins functions arise is to trace protein family evolution and relatedness, says Roman Sloutsky of UMass Amherst, but reconstructing past genetic divergence is very difficult. He and his former advisor propose a new, more accurate approach.

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