date:Aug 13, 2019
of gene duplication resulting in very different functional results over deep time, Albert says.
In plants, genes retained from polyploidy events often have to do with big regulatory things. And genes kept from the more limited one-off duplication events often have to do with biosynthetic pathways where youre making these chemicals flavours, chemicals that attract insects, chemicals that fight off fungi. Plants are excellent chemists, Herrera-Estrella says.
Having addressed some ancient myste