Darwin Updated: Scientists Suggest Certain Genes Boost Chances for Distributing Wide Variety of Random Traits, Drive Evolution

Monday, December 14, 2009 - 15:35 in Biology & Nature

Genes that don't themselves directly affect the inherited characteristics of an organism but leave them increasingly open to variation may be a significant driving force of evolution, say two Johns Hopkins scientists.

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