The first way would be for one member of the duplicate gene pair to take on a new function, or the second option would be for two duplicate genes to divide the multiple functions of the ancestral gene between them, with natural selection refining each copy to a more restricted set of tasks (Lynch 2002). The familiar fate of duplicate genes that majority of scientist see is the silencing of one member of the pair. Genome duplication is an ancient and ongoing process in plants, animals and yeast. Recently it was confirmed that the yeast genus, saccharomyces, had gone through whole-genome duplication. Genome duplication is omnipresent in plants (Crow 2005). Many phases of genome duplication have transpired during the diversification of angiosperms, leading scientists to believe they all have a widespread variety of
The first way would be for one member of the duplicate gene pair to take on a new function, or the second option would be for two duplicate genes to divide the multiple functions of the ancestral gene between them, with natural selection refining each copy to a more restricted set of tasks (Lynch 2002). The familiar fate of duplicate genes that majority of scientist see is the silencing of one member of the pair. Genome duplication is an ancient and ongoing process in plants, animals and yeast. Recently it was confirmed that the yeast genus, saccharomyces, had gone through whole-genome duplication. Genome duplication is omnipresent in plants (Crow 2005). Many phases of genome duplication have transpired during the diversification of angiosperms, leading scientists to believe they all have a widespread variety of