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An example of analogy in popular science writing:
"All these genes were set like beads on a string next to one another on the chromosome."
Neil Shubin
Shubin, N. (2020). Some Assembly Required. Decoding four billion years of life, from ancient fossils to DNA. Oneworld Publications.
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