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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Main Authors: Zhu Wei, Haas Brian J, Nobuta Kan, Egan Amy, Ouyang Shu, Lin Haining, Gu Xun, Silva Joana C, Meyers Blake C, Buell C Robin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-02-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/8/18