{"id":526466,"date":"2026-03-08T09:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T09:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/526466\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T09:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T09:31:10","slug":"the-marvel-of-bradykinin-a-convergent-evolution-tale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/526466\/","title":{"rendered":"The Marvel of Bradykinin: A Convergent Evolution Tale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The recent discovery surrounding the molecule bradykinin has led scientists to gain deeper insights into evolution. Bradykinin, a versatile molecule in vertebrates, is also present in the venoms of some wasps and the skin secretions of certain frogs.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers have found that this occurrence is due to convergent evolution, wherein the same trait independently evolves in unrelated organisms. This discovery challenges the long-held notion that evolution is entirely random and unpredictable.<\/p>\n<p>The study revealed that bradykinin in venom mimics its counterparts in the predators of these species, functioning as a defense mechanism. Such findings emphasize the predictable nature of evolutionary processes and their reliance on environmental adaptations.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; The recent discovery surrounding the molecule bradykinin has led scientists to gain deeper insights into evolution. Bradykinin,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[64,63,261900,261901,75,2931,261902,1622,4882,39353,128,261903,87182],"class_list":["post-526466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bradykinin","tag-convergent-evolution","tag-environment","tag-evolution","tag-evolutionary-doppelgngers","tag-genes","tag-molecule","tag-predators","tag-science","tag-venoms","tag-vertebrates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}