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![]() Apparently scientists have (sorry ) 'cracked' it. Growing a good egg: Metadynamics simulations show that the eggshell protein ovocleidin-17 induces the formation of calcite crystals from amorphous calcium carbonate nanoparticles. Multiple spontaneous crystallization and amorphization events were simulated; these simulations suggest a catalytic cycle that explains the role of ovocleidin-17 in the first stages of eggshell formation. Now, the protein ovocleidin-17 is found within the bird's ovaries and therefore, there cannot be an egg without there first being a bird. So the chicken (or something like it) evolved and then established this protein which allowed it to produce eggs. qed
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