Evolution of Genes
Natural Selection, Point Mutations In Existing Genes, Alleles, Gene Duplication, Gene Families, Pseudogenes
Individual genes and whole genomes change over time. Indeed, evolution of genes ultimately accounts for the evolution of organisms that is seen in the fossil record: Humans evolved from earlier apes, and those creatures from their ancestors, by gene changes in the earlier creatures. Just as the fossil record can be examined to understand the patterns of organismic evolution, so too can genes be compared to understand genomic evolution.
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- Eye Color - Iris Structure, Genetics Of Eye Color
- Molecular Evolution - The Antiquity Of Life, Building The Building Blocks: Rna Nucleotides, Linking Subunits Into Chains - Goals for Future Research
- Evolution of Genes - Natural Selection
- Evolution of Genes - Point Mutations In Existing Genes
- Evolution of Genes - Alleles
- Evolution of Genes - Gene Duplication
- Evolution of Genes - Gene Families
- Evolution of Genes - Pseudogenes
- Evolution of Genes - The Role Of Transposable Genetic Elements
- Evolution of Genes - Exon Shuffling
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