Crystallins evolved through
A) gene recruitment from heat-shock proteins.
B) gene recruitment from GPCR proteins.
C) heat-shock protein gene duplication and subsequent mutation.
D) an unknown mechanism, but we know they are related to heat-shock proteins.

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Crystallins evolved through gene recruitment from heat-shock proteins, where genes originally coding for heat-shock proteins were co-opted to serve a structural role in the eye lens.

Crystallins Evolved Through