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[โ€“] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My guess is they mean we have the genes to encode the proteins, since we have similar keratinized tissues like hair and nails. But probably not the hox genes to encode the structure

[โ€“] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Well then put the box genes in me so I can have a damn plume