Characterization of paralogous protein families in rice
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>High gene numbers in plant genomes reflect polyploidy and major gene duplication events. <it>Oryza sativa</it>, cultivated rice, is a diploid monocotyledonous species with a ~390 Mb genome that has undergone segmental dup...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-02-01
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Series: | BMC Plant Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/8/18 |