Deletions and duplications of single-base pairs typically arise during homologous recombination and cause diseases. But what happens when a mutation occurs over multiple genes? Deletions involve ...
Growth by duplication is taking your present business and duplicating it in other locations. It's also called a "cookie-cutter" approach because as with a cookie cutter, identical cookies can ...
Gene duplication is very important for the evolution of species because it can facilitate the creation of new genes. Normally, changes to genes result in loss of function and so are weeded out by ...