Explain how can horizontal gene transfer give rise to a new adaptation
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- How can horizontal gene transfer give rise to a new adaptation?
- What are the differences and similarities between gene duplication and gene recruitment?
- Describe how a defensin gene was co-opted for predation in snakes.
- Why do mice and flies have the same genetic toolkit of patterning genes? Explain in general terms how these patterning genes guide the development of a fly’s limb.
- Explain how changes in the levels of expression of developmental genes can affect beak shape in finches
- Describe the role of opsins and crystallins in the evolution of the vertebrate eye.
- Why are insects constrained from growing any larger in their current environment?
- Consider similar traits in both sharks and dolphins. Describe the evidence that would allow you to identify two traits as being homologous and two different traits as being convergent
- Are developmental genetic regulatory networks perfectly designed? Explain why or why not.
- What is deep homology?
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