=Gene Strands=
[[File:Gene strand.png|left|150px]]Gene strands are used for purchasing [[Upgrades#Gene Strand Upgrades|'''upgrades''']] that provide various bonuses. Gene Strands and Gene Strand upgrades are not lost after attacking a planet.{{gs description}}
Unspent Gene Strands provide a 1% increase to global [[BPS]].This can be increased to 2% by researching '''[[Schroedinger's Gene]]''' at the '''[[Dark Matter Institute]]'''. New Gene Strands can be obtained by killing a percentage of a planet's population. When entering a Main page:'''[[Black Hole]]''', Gene Strand upgrades are lost, but the unspent Gene Strands are transformed into [[Resources#Dark Matter|'''Dark Matter''']].
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