Is It Possible To Find The Same Gene In Two Different

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Is It Possible To Find The Same Gene In Two Different

kinds of organisms but not find the protein that is produced from that gene?
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Yes, this phenomenon is made possible by latent genes, or genes in an unexpressed state. Latent genes arise due to evolutionary pressures which make it helpful for some species not to express all of their genes. Because latent genes are inactive and therefore do not create proteins, the scenario described in the question is highly possible. Two different organisms can have the same gene, but organism 1 may have it in a latent state while the other may have the same gene as organism 1, but in an active and expressed state, therefore creating the protein associated with the shared gene.

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