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1) A study of transgender algae revealed that a single gene, called VcMID, is able to determine the sex of multicellular Volvox carteri algae by causing normally female cells to produce sperm when added, and causing male cells to behave like females when removed. 2) This demonstrates that changes within this one gene, rather than additional genes, were largely responsible for the evolutionary transition from single-celled algae with mating types to multicellular algae with separate sexes. 3) Identifying

Author

SachinSharma

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EN