Evolution of default genetic control mechanisms

• William Bains ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bains@mit.edu

  Affiliations Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, School of Physics & Astronomy, Cardiff University, 4 The Parade, Cardiff, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5503-3764

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• Enrico Borriello,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Complex Adaptive Systems, College of Global Futures, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States of America

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• Dirk Schulze-Makuch

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Zentrum für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), Section Geomicrobiology, Potsdam, Germany, Department of Experimental Limnology, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Stechlin, Germany

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