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In what way might gene duplication play a role in evolution?
 
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In 1970, Ohno proposed that gene duplication provides a way in which new genes arise. By duplicating a gene, the duplicated copy or the original gene is able to mutate without necessarily having an adverse influence on the phenotype.
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