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A bacterium and a fungus both use gene sequences that fail to optimize the production of circadian-clock proteins. Two studies reveal different reasons for the advantages of producing less protein. See Letters p.111 & p.116

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Figure 1: Balancing quality and quantity.

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  1. *This article and the paper under discussion1,2 were published online on 17 February 2013.

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  1. Jennifer M. Hurley and Jay C. Dunlap are in the Department of Genetics, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA. J.C.D. is also at the Texas A&M University Institute for Advanced Studies, College Station, Texas.,

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Hurley, J., Dunlap, J. A fable of too much too fast. Nature 495, 57–58 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11952

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