Category: Genome Complexity
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Organismic complexity is just duct tape
The Pith: Biological complexity may be a particular evolutionary path taken due to to random acts of nature, not because there is a selective advantage to complexity. The title above basically describes the message of evolutionary biologist Mike Lynch …
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Not the origin of genome complexity
Over the past decade evolutionary geneticist Mike Lynch has been articulating a model of genome complexity which relies on stochastic factors as the primary motive force by which genome size increases. The argument is articulated in a 2003 paper, and further elaborated in his book The Origins of Genome Architecture. There are several moving parts…