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Weisman CM, Eddy SR. Gene Evolution: Getting Something from Nothing. Curr Biol. 2017;27(13):R661-R663doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.056.
Weisman, C. M., & Eddy, S. R. (2017). Gene Evolution: Getting Something from Nothing. Current biology : CB, 27(13), R661-R663. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.056
Weisman, Caroline M, and Eddy, Sean R. "Gene Evolution: Getting Something from Nothing." Current biology : CB vol. 27,13 (2017): R661-R663. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.056
Weisman CM, Eddy SR. Gene Evolution: Getting Something from Nothing. Curr Biol. 2017 Jul 10;27(13):R661-R663. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.056. PMID: 28697368.
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Curr Biol. 2017 Jul 10;27(13):R661-R663. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.056.

Gene Evolution: Getting Something from Nothing.

Current biology : CB

Caroline M Weisman, Sean R Eddy

Affiliations

  1. HHMI & Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
  2. HHMI & Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 28697368 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.056

Abstract

New genes arise from pre-existing genes, but some de novo origin from non-genic sequence also seems plausible. A new study has surprisingly concluded that 25% of random DNA sequences yield beneficial products when expressed in bacteria.

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