ReviewJournal of molecular evolution2022
The Origins and Functions of De Novo Genes: Against All Odds?
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- Sequence, Structure, and Functional Space of Drosophila De Novo Proteins.Genome biology and evolution · 2024Article
- A Synergistic, Cultivator Model of De Novo Gene Origination.Genome biology and evolution · 2024Article
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Abstract
"De novo" genes evolve from previously non-genic DNA. This strikes many of us as remarkable, because it seems extraordinarily unlikely that random sequence would produce a functional gene. How is this possible? In this two-part review, I first summarize what is known about the origins and molecular functions of the small number of de novo genes for which such information is available. I then speculate on what these examples may tell us about how de novo genes manage to emerge despite what seem like enormous opposing odds.
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