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Re:The nightmarishly complex wheat genome finally yields to ... by tejtm on Saturday August 18, 2018 @12:45AM (#17786909)
no, it means nothing of that sort, it just means the DNA is five times longer, not that there are five time as many genes encoding five times as many proteins. It is more like there is more DNA padding around the genes as a protection from virus which tend to jump limited distances along a genome.

sorry for leading with a negative, I know it can come across more strongly than I intend.

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