Exact(4)
Generally speaking, gene acquired new function resulting from increase of self-complexity or copy number variation.
The organization of actins and characteristics of actin gene family indicated that actins acquired new function in various evolutionary pathways.
Expression studies will need to be performed to determine if the original function has been partitioned among the four duplicates (subfunctionalization) or if Dappu_InR4 has acquired new function by neofunctionalization.
It is unknown whether one scd evolved faster and acquired new function more rapidly than the other, and whether the selective patterns on both scd genes were similarly changed following the duplication.
Similar(56)
Many of these modifications, and the enzymes responsible for their implementation, are conserved among plant and animals, whereas others may have changed and/or acquired new functions during eukaryotic evolution.
The word "exaptation" was invented by the late Stephen J. Gould and fellow paleontologist Elisabeth Vrba in 1982 to describe inherited adaptations that have acquired new functions in the course of evolutionary change (Gould and Vrba 1982).
Murid herpesvirus-4 (MuHV-4) encodes 3 (ORFs 75a, 75b and 75c), suggesting that at least some copies have acquired new functions.
In the latter case, the observable gene repertoire of all cyanobacteria would remain relatively stable with only the addition of paralogous genes with acquired new functions.
These studies therefore reveal the ancient origins of several components of the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway in photosynthetic eukaryotes and provide information about how they have diversified and acquired new functions in the diatoms.
Alternatively, they could have acquired new functions.
Similarly, we think that virus-derived novel mitochondrial proteins may have acquired new functions in the host.
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