The system is built with off-the-shelf components which not only keeps it modular and low cost, but also facilitates its prototyping, rapid duplication, and evolution.
For example, it would have ensured the vertical inheritance of mitochondria - facilitating its co-evolution with the host.
It facilitates the evolution of dense and diversified microbial communities that are highly active and persistent throughout life span.
These included canalization, genetic assimilation and accommodation, gene environment interactions, epigenetic modification of DNA, gene duplication and genome evolution, serial homology, modularity, facilitated evolution, and the evolution of multicellularity.
While we have posited that pre-existing detailed understanding of a CRE's function ought to facilitate the analysis of its evolution, we may have underestimated the level of detail that is necessary.
Gene duplication is a method that facilitates evolution since it leads to the formation of phenotypically redundant genome portions that can be experimented for the generation of novel structural and functional products [2].
Springer, B. et al. Lack of mismatch correction facilitates genome evolution in mycobacteria.
Levin-Reisman, I. et al. Antibiotic tolerance facilitates the evolution of resistance.
Gomez-Robles, A., Hopkins, W. D. & Sherwood, C. C. Modular structure facilitates mosaic evolution of the brain in chimpanzees and humans.
These disparate findings are discussed in the context of the genetic architecture of the developing hindbrain, which facilitates convergent evolution.
In a variety of biological systems, the existence of extended genotype networks facilitates the evolution of novel phenotypes [36] [38].
