C-value paradox: Genesis in misconception that natural selection follows anthropocentric parameters of ‘economy’ and ‘optimum’
C-value paradox refers to the lack of correlation between biological complexity and the intuitively expected protein-coding genomic information or DNA content. Here I discuss five questions about this paradox: i) Do biologically complex organisms carry more protein-coding genes? ii) Does variable ac...
Main Author: | Subhash C. Lakhotia |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-01-01
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Series: | BBA Advances |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667160323000364 |
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