The Energetics of Genome Complexity

Nick Lane · William Martin2010paper

Selected reading: Energy estimates and genome-complexity argument.

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    Separate the energy estimates, comparison assumptions and proposed implication for genome size.

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Read background definitions when a term blocks the argument. Then return to the source and reconstruct its claim in your own words.

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