TWiEVO 41: Where do baby genes come from?

Nels and Vincent explore the evolution of new protein-coding genes de novo from nocoding DNA sequences, using the antifreeze protein of northern codfish as a model.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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• Evolution of antifreeze protein gene in codfish (PNAS)
• Codfish diversity (Cheng lab)
• Frankentomatoes (Huff Post)
• Image credit
• Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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