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> It takes energy to copy, and misreading it can cause fatal or maladaptive mutations Can maladaptive mutations really be caused by copying DNA that's not used
by winter_blue 4y ago
> It takes energy to copy, and misreading it can cause fatal or maladaptive mutations
Can maladaptive mutations really be caused by copying DNA that's not used much (as far as we can tell, like the DNA for endogenous retroviruses in our genome)?