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All of the Following Are Examples of Forms of Diversity

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All of the following are examples of forms of diversity that are visible except


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Gene Recruitment

The evolutionary process where a gene acquires a new function, different from its original role.

Paralog

Genes that arise by duplication within the same genome and may diverge to perform functions related to or distinct from the original gene.

Ortholog

Genes in different species that evolved from a common ancestral gene by speciation and retain the same function.

Speciation Event

The process by which new genetically distinct species evolve from a single ancestral species.

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