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A larger target leads to faster evolution.

eLife - 14 Oct 2020

Yang Bing, Rifkin Scott A

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The speed at which a cell fate decision in nematode worms evolves is due to the number of genes that control the decision, rather than to a high mutation rate.

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PMID: 33052100
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.62689
PMCID: PMC7556857

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