So does this mean that the same gene has different functions in different animals? As a layman I know that, for example, a gene for breast cancer is also implicated in oxygen transport in the blood, BRsomething. I learned this when researchers looked at my family's genes to look for clues for my son's blood condition.
So does this mean that the same gene has different functions in different animals? As a layman I know that, for example, a gene for breast cancer is also implicated in oxygen transport in the blood, BRsomething. I learned this when researchers looked at my family's genes to look for clues for my son's blood condition.
Right, well almost. You can think of it as the same switch in different animals turns on different things like ears and gills 😀