Late replicating CNVs as a source of new genes

The order in which DNA is copied during the cell division process reflects the evolutionary history of living beings: the oldest genes are copied first, and afterwards the genes that appeared later

The authors propose an original model that would explain how regions of the genome that are copied later on facilitate the birth of new genes with specific functions in tissues and organs

Press release of the work by David Juan et al (Biology Open 2013) carried out with Alfonso Valencia at CNIO.

Source: A CNIO study recreates the history of life through the genome | cnio.es

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