Genome Size and Numbers of Biological Functions

Calculations of potential numbers of interactions between gene products to generate physiological functions show that we can expect a highly non-linear relation between genome size and functional complexity. Moreover, very small differences in gene numbers or sequence can translate into very large differences in functionality.

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