Gene duplication

• Improved ape genome assemblies provide new insights into human evolution: Better understanding of genetic influences on primate and human brain differences was also gained through comparative organoid (06 Aug 2018)
  
• The role of 'extra' DNA in cancer evolution and therapy resistance (03 Aug 2018)
  
• Duplications of noncoding DNA may have affected evolution of human-specific traits (18 Oct 2017)
  
• Rare whole genome duplication during spider evolution could reveal more about animal diversification (12 Sep 2017)
  
• Researchers sequence entire genome of seahorse, investigate essential mechanisms of evolution (22 Mar 2017)
  
• Extra DNA creates cucumber with all female flowers (07 May 2016)
  
• New thesis maps the origin of colour vision (19 Apr 2016)
  
• Some plants regenerate by duplicating their DNA (11 Apr 2016)