"This discovery represents a significant advance because it avoids the need for cross-kingdom gene transfer, " he said, noting that many other scientists are working towards the total removal of selection markers.

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What they have found is that about 1, 800 protein-coding genes, some 7% of the total known, show signs of having been subject to recent natural selection.

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