The Chicken May Have Come Before the Egg

Muondecay writes "The age old question of which came first, the chicken or the egg, has been tentatively answered. The verdict? The chicken, or rather a key protein needed to form the shell of the egg. The protein, called ovocledidin-17, was known to be involved in binding calcite molecules that formed the shells, but the mechanism behind this was unclear until now. The protein acts as a molecular machine, binding to nanoparticles of calcite and guiding them to begin self-assembly of the shell. This gives tremendous insight for developing methods of nano-scale self-assembly based on natural processes, as well as settling heated cocktail party arguments everywhere."

Comments

Re:Me fail logic? That's purple!

[Anonymous Coward]

In the beginning God created the chicken, not the egg.

Re:Actually, here science and the Bible agree.

[maxume]

If you don't believe in macro-evolution, you should accept that you should not post in biology related anything.

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