New Genes Are Essential 6-13-2015 by Paul Giem
Channel: ItIsAboutGod
Date: 13/06/2015

It has been noted that ORFan genes (genes that are not related to genes in other organisms) are common. Research on fruit flies shows that a substantial portion of those genes are essential for development, raising the question of how so many of those genes can evolve so rapidly.

1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4391638/
2. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140123142029.htm
3. http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/38976/title/Drosophila-s-New-Genes/
4. http://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1003860
5. Chen, S. et al. 2010. New Genes in Drosophila Quickly Become Essential. Science 330(6011): 1682-1685. Available at http://zhanglab.ioz.ac.cn/publication/pdf/Chen_2010.4.pdf
6. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101216142523.htm
7. https://ia801400.us.archive.org/7/items/biorxiv-10.1101-003004/biorxiv-10.1101-003004.pdf
8. http://ccsb.dfci.harvard.edu/web/export/sites/default/ccsb/publications/papers/2013/All_alone_-_Helen_Pilcher_New_Scientist_Jan_2013.pdf

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