![]() Still, pseudogenes possess tell-tale signatures that allow molecular biologists to recognize them as genes, albeit nonfunctional ones. According to this view, severe mutations destroyed the capacity of the cell’s machinery to read and process the information contained in these genes. PseudogenesĮvolutionary biologists consider pseudogenes the dead, useless remains of once-functional genes. It also undermines the best argument for biological evolution. The very real possibility that large numbers of functional pseudogenes are universally distributed among eukaryotic organisms has a number of important biomedical implications. Recently, scientists from China have discovered that, like Savoir-Faire, “functional pseudogenes … might be ubiquitous in eukaryotic organisms.” 1 After committing a crime, the deviant rodent would announce in a French accent, “Savoir-Faire is everywhere!” Though outmatched, Klondike Kat always got his mouse. As a wildcat serving in the Canadian Mounties, Klondike Kat squared-off against his nemesis, a French-Canadian mouse named Savoir-Faire. Like most children in the early 1970s, my Saturday morning routine centered round cartoon shows.
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