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[โ€“] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 week 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 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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