A larger target leads to faster evolution.
other · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 33052100.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.62689 and PMC identifier 7556857.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
The speed at which a cell fate decision in nematode worms evolves is due to the number of genes that control the decision, rather than to a high mutation rate.
Medical subject headings
- Biological Evolution
- Nematoda