During Evolution, as Multicellular Organisms Became Ever More Complex, There

question 37

Essay

During evolution, as multicellular organisms became ever more complex, there has been a relentless drive to duplicate DNA sequences. As a result, our genome contains many examples of duplicated exons, duplicated genes, plus duplications of large chromosomal regions. What kinds of advantages might DNA duplication events confer that could enable ever greater functional complexity?

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