Fruit fly gene from ‘out of nowhere’ may change ideas about how new genes are formed, researchers report. According to the Cornell University article, some species of fruit flies have a gene that appears to be completely unrelated to any other gene in any other species of any other living thing. Of course, maybe that’s because they haven’t cataloged every species on earth yet. After all, these flies might have inherited the gene from some heretofore undiscovered horse ancestor. It’s found right next to another sequence that coulda-mighta-been transposed by a virus. That clinches it, doesn’t it?
- The gene sequence is not found anywhere else.
- It appears to have been created out of whole cloth.
- It appears to code for proteins involved in sperm cell development.
Let’s not jump to any obvious conclusions. Nothing to see here, folks. Move along. Hey! Look at the big fish over there….Wait. I thought that fish was extinct….
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