The meanings of 'function' in biology and the problematic case of de novo gene emergence. Elife. 2019 Nov 01;8: Authors: Keeling DM, Garza P, Nartey CM, Carvunis AR Abstract The word function has many different meanings in molecular biology. Here we explore the use of this word (and derivatives like functional) in research papers about de novo gene birth. Based on an analysis of 20 abstracts we propose a simple lexicon that, we believe, will help scientists...
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