Rapidly Evolving Gene Contributes To Origin Of Species
Friday, February 6, 2009 - 23:21
in Biology & Nature
A gene that helped one species split into two species shows evidence of adapting much faster than other genes in the genome, raising questions about what is driving its rapid evolution.
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