Download or read book Gene Sharing and Evolution written by Joram Piatigorsky and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2007-02-28 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Gene Sharing and Evolution Piatigorsky explores the generality and implications of gene sharing throughout evolution and argues that most if not all proteins perform a variety of functions in the same and in different species, and that this is a fundamental necessity for evolution.