GENERATION OF NOVELTY. “For many years, it had been considered extremely unlikely, if not impossible, that genes with no detectable homology could emerge. With the availability of the full genomic sequence of yeast, however, this picture changed. About one third of the entire set of genes in baker’s yeast has no sequence similarity to genes from other organisms.” (So-called orphan genes).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168952515000347
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022