What is the "2R hypothesis?" What evidence is there for it?

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Ans: This is the hypothesis that the early vertebrate genome underwent two rounds of whole-genome duplication (polyploidization). Regions of the vertebrate genome that are found in four copies (representing two rounds of duplication) provide evidence for this. Although the percentage of regions appearing four times is low, the millions of years of evolution may have obscured the clear homologies between duplicates.

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1.True 2.False

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