The gene is not dead, merely orphaned and seeking a home |
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Authors: | Hall B K |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4J1, Canada |
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Abstract: | SUMMARY Despite announcements and obituaries, news of the death of the gene has been greatly exaggerated, or so says the gene as it struggles to survive and find a safe haven from which to steer its course through development and evolution. In this short piece, I consider recent claims that the gene is dead. I conclude that the gene is alive and well, living and functioning in the cell, which is both its natural home and a fundamental unit of evo-devo. |
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