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How Supergenes Fuel Evolution Despite Harmful Mutations

The Quanta Podcast

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The Evolution of Supergines

Emma Berdan: It's a wonder that supergines evolved at all. She says multiple types of selection might be working together to preserve them. The stable, predictable inheritance of supergreens may be invaluable in helping species adapt. But even the supergreens can benefit from mixing things up once in a while.

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