4- what would be the consequences of variation in the deletion rate – in terms of the accumulation of pseudogenes? Does this fit with the observed numbers of pseudogenes in various species? If so, how? If not, why not?
Pseudogenes are the DNA segments or basically the alleles of normal genes which have become non-function due to the accumulation of a number of mutations. It might have various situations and conditions associated with it like the presence of a premature stop codon or frameshift mutation or deletion or insertion of normal sequence. If there is deletion rate due to an accumulation of pseudogenes, it will not produce the desired characteristics.
Yes, it fits with the observed number of pseudogenes in a number of species because the function or characteristics the allele represents is not expressed. Due to the accumulation of the pseudogenes the organisms fail to show a desired characteristic
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