Spare Gene Is Fodder For Fishes’ Evolution

By jyaron | Published: September 4, 2009

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Scientists have suspected that spare parts in the genome — extra copies of functional genes that arise when genes or whole genomes get duplicated — might sometimes provide the raw materials for the evolution of new traits. Now, researchers report that they have discovered a prime example of this in fish.

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