Gene Duplication Can Occur for Both Protein-Coding and Regulatory Regions

question 34

Essay

Gene duplication can occur for both protein-coding and regulatory regions of genes. In the figure below, imagine that the yellow gene and both enhancer regions in B are duplicated. Propose a mechanism for how subfunctionalization might occur.

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