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gene co-option: a standalone construct

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geneco-option1 CONSTRUCTGene co-optionTRUE · EVOLUTIONARY

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Evolutionary developmental biology

the recruitment of existing genes or regulatory circuits into new developmental roles, proposed as a common route to evolutionary novelty.

In evolutionary developmental biology, gene co-option refers to the recruitment of existing genes or regulatory circuits into new developmental roles, proposed as a common route to evolutionary novelty. This meaning comes from True (2002) in Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology.[1]

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References

  1. True, J. R., & Carroll, S. B. (2002). Gene Co-Option in Physiological and Morphological Evolution. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, 18(1), 53-80. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.cellbio.18.020402.140619

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