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• Level 1 adds a bonus 1 DNA to crab evolutions for every 2 mutations that you have.
• Crab evolutions past a certain level give you 1 DNA per evolution.
• This mutations adds +1 to that for every two mutations you have (rounded up).
• Having 35 or 36 mutations adds +18 DNA per gene, for a max of +36 DNA if you have both genes, making a crab evolution total +37 DNA.
• See this article for more information on DNA math.

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Gene Tree Ascension

• Version 3.80 brought Gene Tree Ascension Tiers which allow levelling up genes to make them more powerful.
• For Evolution Strand this means the base value increases by double every level.

Level	Value	Both Implanted
1	1	2
2	2	4
3	4	8
4	8	16
5	16	32
6	32	64
7	64	128
8	128	256
9	256	512
10	512	1024

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Should I Get Them?

Not unless they're in your path. Really this is a ridiculously miniscule amount of DNA to waste gene points on, even at high levels. At the highest level, +1025 DNA per evolution is still a drop in the overall bucket.