Re: Less genes than expected

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    I personally expect that many gene doublings had to do with scaling effects
    in development and behavioral shifts during the life of the organism- witness
    the series of hemoglobins- having a series of otherwise identical functional
    units of otherwise identical type but slightly different affinities, which
    can be switched on and off independently makes it easier to "grab" a bigger
    piece of the environmental pie.

    Jess Tauber

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