Genome increase as a clock for the origin and evolution of life |
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| Authors: | Alexei A Sharov |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Laboratory of Genetics, National Institute on Aging (NIA/NIH), 333 Cassell Dr., Baltimore, MD 21224, USA |
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| Abstract: | Background The size of non-redundant functional genome can be an indicator of biological complexity of living organisms. Several positive feedback mechanisms including gene cooperation and duplication with subsequent specialization may result in the exponential growth of biological complexity in macro-evolution. |
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