Patterns of gene evolution following duplications and speciations in vertebrates

Background Eukaryotic genes typically form independent evolutionary lineages through either speciation or gene duplication events. Generally, gene copies resulting from speciation events (orthologs) are expected to maintain similarity over time with regard to sequence, structure and function. After...

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Main Authors: Kyle T. David, Jamie R. Oaks, Kenneth M. Halanych
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2020-03-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/8813.pdf