Organisms like bacteria that have much more iterations behind them then humans also tend to have less waste in their DNA.
Grasses beat trees at growing in glades with animals that eat plants. Why? Grass has more iterations behind them and is therefore better optimized for the enviroment than the trees.
You seem to be predicting that grasses have smaller genomes than trees, but wheat is famous for having a huge genome. Here’s a table of a few plants. Maybe wheat is an outlier and I’d be interested if you had documentation of some pattern, but I’ve always heard that there is none.
Do you have evidence that the variation in genome size among multicellular organisms is not variation in waste? Added: As far as I know, the consensus is that it is. If you disagree with the consensus, you should acknowledge that’s what you’re doing.
Do you have evidence that the variation in genome size among multicellular organisms is not variation in waste?
I haven’t made a claim that strong. To the extend I made a claim it’s not all variation in genome size between multicellular organisms is due to different amount of waste.
And no I don’t intend to claim something that’s out of consensus in this topic. To the extend I might differ on this topic from consensus consider that to be errors.
If I remember right then one reason for plants like grasses to have long genomes was to have multiple copies of genes to speed up protein production.
You seem to be predicting that grasses have smaller genomes than trees, but wheat is famous for having a huge genome. Here’s a table of a few plants. Maybe wheat is an outlier and I’d be interested if you had documentation of some pattern, but I’ve always heard that there is none.
If you want to be exact I didn’t say genome size but waste. Through mutation inactived genes, retroviruses and so on. It takes time to remove them.
Do you have evidence that the variation in genome size among multicellular organisms is not variation in waste? Added: As far as I know, the consensus is that it is. If you disagree with the consensus, you should acknowledge that’s what you’re doing.
I haven’t made a claim that strong. To the extend I made a claim it’s not all variation in genome size between multicellular organisms is due to different amount of waste.
And no I don’t intend to claim something that’s out of consensus in this topic. To the extend I might differ on this topic from consensus consider that to be errors.
If I remember right then one reason for plants like grasses to have long genomes was to have multiple copies of genes to speed up protein production.