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		phkahler on July 14, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: People Aren’t Dumb, the World Is Hard Collection, chromosome, Gene, base pair. Selection happens at all these levels.

lisper on July 14, 2018 [–]

Nope. Selection can only happen at the level of something that has an effect on the phenotype. That's the definition of a gene.

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