the ribosome assembled

Today's issue of Current Biology has a special theme, namely the cell in evolution. My contribution to the theme section is a feature on the evolution and assembly of the ribosome as a key example of how complexity arises (both on evolutionary timescales and in terms of structure assembly in the cell). Read all about it:



How to build complexity

Current Biology Volume 30, Issue 10, 18 May 2020, Pages R454-R456

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Cover of the special issue.