2R and remodeling of vertebrate signal transduction engine

<p>Abstract</p> <p><b>Background</b></p> <p>Whole genome duplication (WGD) is a special case of gene duplication, observed rarely in animals, whereby all genes duplicate simultaneously through polyploidisation. Two rounds of WGD (2R-WGD) occurred at the base...

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Main Authors: Huminiecki Lukasz, Heldin Carl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-12-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/8/146