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Extra copies of the genome can be a bonus

By Early Career Scientist Committees on July 15, 2020

Written by members of the GSA Early Career Scientist Communication and Outreach Subcommittee: Carla Bautista Rodriguez, Université Laval; Zach Grochau-Wright, University of Arizona; Angel F. Cisneros Caballero, Université Laval Disrupting the complex and delicate balance of a genome can have devastating consequences. In humans, for example, extra copies of individual chromosomes can result in diseases,…

Chromosomes, Early Career Scientists, Genomics, Model Organisms, Polyploidy