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    Question: What is the farthes back dating gences that have you found?

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      • dating,
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    Asked by Lee to Sharon on 15 Mar 2017.
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      Xueyuan Jiang answered on 15 Mar 2017:


      Hi Lee,

      The most ancient gene I have worked with is shh. It is a very conserved gene that plays important roles during the development of embryo in many species. It’s not a single gene, but rather a gene family, which means a lot of similar genes.

      Sharon

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