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The second hypothesis holds that a gene duplication that leads to a new function is preceded by a period of 'gene sharing', such that the original, unduplicated gene encodes two distinct functions.
This hypothesis was later tested experimentally and evidence was presented that the PAS domain of PIF3 indeed was a major contributor to the interaction between the two proteins [ 45].
Together, these data are most consistent with the hypothesis that individual RA patients respond to unique antigenic determinants, that may preferentially be citrullinated, but that are likely distinct from those of targeted by other RA patients.
We conducted a Student's t-test to test the null hypothesis that the experimental mean values would be reasonably likely to be obtained from sampling randomly.
Hypothesis 3 says that when I buy a $100 gun, I protect myself from, say, $150 worth of property loss, while inflicting, say, $75 worth of property loss on my neighbors--because half the criminals who try unsuccessfully to rob me go on to rob someone else instead.