Woodrats survive on toxic creosote plants by copying detox genes, producing more enzymes to break down plant toxins and avoid ...

At least three mechanisms can allow natural selection to preserve a duplicate gene pair: neofunctionalization, subfunctionalization and selection for gene dosage. Strikingly, all three of the ...

Epistasis can occur in a variety of different ways ... it hides the effect of the other gene Duplicate recessive epistasis 12:3:1 Complete dominance at both gene pairs; however, when one gene ...

An international team of scientists has uncovered new insights into how the previously understudied duplicate X chromosome ... To ensure that the genes on the X chromosomes are not overexpressed ...