JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoDo we have any theories as to why complex life eventually started requiring various metal elements as micronutrients?message-squaremessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squareDo we have any theories as to why complex life eventually started requiring various metal elements as micronutrients?JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square18linkfedilinkfile-text
For example, why did zinc, of all things, start getting utilized by brain and prostate tissue in humans?
minus-squaresnooggumslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThat is one example of ‘not detrimental enough to impact reproduction’ which I meant in the context of a population and not an individual, but I guess that my wording wasn’t clear enough.
That is one example of ‘not detrimental enough to impact reproduction’ which I meant in the context of a population and not an individual, but I guess that my wording wasn’t clear enough.