CLOCKS AND BURSTS. “The findings that in many if not most lineages evolution is dominated by gene (and more generally, DNA) loss that occurs in a roughly clock-like manner whereas gene gain occurs in bursts associated with the emergence of major new groups of organisms imply a biphasic model of evolution.”
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.201300037/full
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022