Genome Duplication Is a Radical Evolutionary Gamble

By doubling their entire genome, organisms can evolve extremely rapidly — or they can lose it all.

The short version

• New studies reveal how to survive the high-risk, high-reward evolutionary event.
• The post Genome Duplication Is a Radical Evolutionary Gamble first appeared on Quanta Magazine.
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What happened

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Why it matters

Few people visiting New Zealand’s Lake Alexandrina even notice the tiny gastropods littering the shores.

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