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📅 NSB Regional 2016🎓 HS🔄 Round 5#️⃣ Question 11🌟 BONUS📝 Multiple Choice

Which of the following is thought to have been the beneficial effect of two entire genome duplication events in the vertebrate lineage?

W) More copies of each gene per cell were insurance against DNA damage from increased solar radiation
X) Polyploid animals were more likely to have one good copy of each gene
Y) One copy of a duplicated gene was free to take on new functions
Z) Four copies of each gene meant stronger gene responses
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