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Estimated rates of processes affecting a redundant gene copy. Acquisition of a new function is orders of magnitude less likely than loss of function via deletion, drift, mutations or gene conversion. Reprinted with permission from Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 104(43):17004–9. Copyright 2007 National Academy of Sciences.
