Apart from bad luck (i.e. lack of the appropriate mutations), is there a reason why photosynthesising organisms have not evolved the appropriate pigments for absorbing all the available sunlight reaching the Earth's surface? (This, of course, would make them appear black.) Is this a possible area for genetic manipulation, assuming we discover the required techniques - the creation of more photosynthetically efficient organisms?
2007-09-19
05:17:35
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Wilf
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