‘Evolution Gone Crazy’: What Makes Sea Dragons So Strange - The New York Times


7/7/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
by Kate Golembiewski

In the genomes of the bizarre fish that are related to sea horses, scientists found certain key growth genes were missing.

While the sea dragons were missing these growth genes, their genomes were packed with repetitive sections of code called transposons. This sort of repetitive code throughout the genome was once calle… [+1568 chars]

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