Cooption Model (IMAGE)

University of Pittsburgh

Cooption Model

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The original enhancer DNA (left) mutates to contain an additional protein-binding site (center), which causes low-level gene activity in a new location, illustrated by the light blue spine. Subsequent mutations (right) build on that activity to produce a novel characteristic, or the dark blue spine.

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M. Rebeiz

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