A single gene 'invented' haemoglobin several times

ScienceDaily
Dec 29, 2020, 10:45 am154 pts
Thanks to the marine worm Platynereis dumerilii, an animal whose genes have evolved very slowly, scientists have shown that while haemoglobin appeared independently in several species, it actually descends from a single gene transmitted to all by their last common ancestor.

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