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echelonlast Wednesday at 11:37 AM3 repliesview on HN

Gene dose increases in plants lead to bigger vegetables and fruiting bodies. We've taken advantage of this during domestication of several species.

Gene dose increases in animals lead to total dysfunction and death in embryonic development.


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eimrinelast Wednesday at 12:08 PM

Dosis sola facit venenum?

dekhnlast Wednesday at 5:28 PM

dose is such a weird term for "copies"

kjkjadksjlast Wednesday at 4:00 PM

There are species of fish that have gone through whole genome duplication.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02299-z#:~:text=P...